A major highway artery in Delaware will be closed for several hours Sunday as officials clear up a trailer fire on Interstate 295.
The incident happened around 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning when a tractor trailer carrying construction equipment hit a crash cushion at the Interstate 95 and I-295 split in New Castle County.
The truck overturned and caught fire. The driver, a 55-year-old man from South Carolina, was rescued by emergency personnel and taken to a local hospital to be treated for injuries. His condition is not known.
The fire has caused extensive damage to the roadway and engineers are on-scene surveying any damage to the 141 overpass. Delays are expected for several hours Sunday.
