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Trucker dies in fiery crash

A Missouri trucker was killed Monday night in a fiery accident on Interstate 70 in St. Louis.

Clarence Fannon, 63, of Maryville, MO, died when his tractor-trailer collided with an abandoned car parked on the shoulder under the Union Boulevard near mile marker 243.

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Fannon was eastbound on I-70 hauling a shipment of paper products when his rig struck the parked car shortly before 7:30 p.m.

The semi then went out of control and struck a bridge pillar, triggering several fuel-related explosions.

“You can’t even tell it’s a tractor-trailer,” a firefighter at the scene told the newspaper.

The westbound lanes of the interstate were reopened shortly after the accident, and one eastbound lane was reopened about 10:45 p.m. Monday.

No other vehicles were involved in the accident and no other injuries were reported.

The abandoned car struck by Fannon’s semi was seen parked on the highway shoulder at 5 a.m. Monday, Don Houston, who drives I-70 daily, told the newspaper.

“A few people were swerving to avoid hitting it this morning.”

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