US: Kansas highway shut in fiery FedEx truck crash

Authorities in suburban Kansas City, Kansas, say the driver of a FedEx semi-trailer has died after the truck traveled over the side of a highway bridge, crashed onto the road below and erupted in flames.

Police say the crash happened around 4 a.m. Wednesday when the truck launched off the side of the Kansas Highway 7 bridge and landed on Kansas Highway 10 below near Olathe.

The crash led to a large fire that consumed the truck and shut down all lanes of K-10 in the area, as fire crews battled the flames and police investigated.

The name of the driver was not immediately released.