FOX44NOW.COM - Burlington/Plattsburgh News, Weather and SportsSt. Albans Man Dies in Fiery I-89 Crash

One person is dead after a horrific crash on Interstate 89 in Georgia. Police released the name of the victim Thursday morning, Thomas Russell III, 21, of St. Albans, VT. They say Russell died upon impact.

 

The force of the crash caused a tractor trailer to burst into flames and forced police to shut down Interstate 89 near mile marker 107 for hours.

Pieces of debris continued to burn Wednesday night while firefighters tried to put out hot spots on a tractor trailer forced into the woods, more than 200 feet from Interstate 89 in Georgia, Vt.  Underneath that truck were the remains of a car state police say slammed into the massive rig.

Vermont State Police say the car was heading south on I-89 when for whatever reason the driver crossed into the median, became airborne, and slammed head-on into the truck.

Police say amazingly, they say the driver of the truck somehow escaped injury.

"That driver was check on scene and he's fine at this time," Woch said.

VSP say no one else was in either vehicle.