DALLAS — A tractor-trailer driver is dead after he was reportedly ejected during a crash on Interstate 45 in downtown Dallas and thrown onto Interstate 30.
KXAS-TV reports that the tractor-trailer was going southbound on I-45 when it crashed at about 9:55 p.m. along the bridge over eastbound Interstate 30. The driver of the truck, who has not been identified, was ejected from the cab and found dead on the I-30 lanes below.
The 18-wheeler was the only vehicle in the accident and investigators were working to determine what caused the wreck.
Aside from the driver, a dog was also found dead at the scene
WFAA reported that the southbound lanes at I-45 at I-30, near Deep Ellum, were closed following a fatal crash Wednesday night.
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