LAKE COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) - A truck driver is dead after a crash on I-80/94 on Monday afternoon in Lake Station.

According to Indiana State Police, the crash happened at 4 p.m. just one mile east of the I-65 interchange.

Troopers say a gravel truck hit the median wall and the trailer overturned, causing gravel to be thrown across all lanes of the westbound interstate.

According to investigators, the truck burst into flames after hitting the median wall and the driver got trapped inside the cab.

The driver died at the scene. He or she has not been identified yet.

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