Tractor-trailer driver killed in fiery crash on I-95 in Flagler

Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a fiery crash on I-95 in Flagler County that killed the driver of a tractor-trailer.

FHP said the crash happened around 4:08 p.m. in the southbound lanes of I-95 near mile marker 290 in Flagler County. Witnesses told FHP that the truck gradually veered off the roadway to the right and into the grassy shoulder before colliding with a tree on the wood line. The tractor-trailer caught fire after the crash.

I-95 southbound was briefly shut down as FHP troopers and firefighters responded to the scene.

The tractor-trailer driver died in the crash and ensuing fire.