A fatal trucking accident on Interstate 77 near Fort Mill caused all southbound lanes of the roadway to be closed for hours.

A tractor-trailer that was carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline collided with a small sedan causing the truck to catch fire. The 35-year-old driver of the truck was killed in the accident and the two people in the sedan were injured. The truck rear-ended the sedan causing it to be pushed along the median.

After th truck caught on fire, the asphault was burnend so badly that crews had to come and repave the roadway before reopening it. Police are currrenly interviewing witnesses to the accident in order to find out more details.

Trucking accidents can cause serious injury to everyone involved, our condolences are with the friends and family of the victims.