A tractor trailer fire caused major delays on Interstate 24 in Lyon County over the weekend and sent the driver to the hospital.
Lyon County Emergency Management Director Randy Wright says emergency responders were first notified of the tractor trailer on fire around 10:30 Saturday morning.
He states several different emergency agencies from throughout the area responded to the fire, including Princeton Fire Department, who brought their ladder truck.
According to the Kentucky Department of Transportation westbound lanes were blocked until about nine Saturday night to allow the wreckage to cool enough to be removed. Eastbound lanes reopened just after one Saturday afternoon but a disabled truck and several other traffic snags had traffic at an almost standstill until sometime after ten. A detour was established in both directions.
The driver, who’s name has not been released by authorities, was transported to Caldwell Medical Center for injuries sustained in the blaze, the extent of which remains unknown.
A cause for the fire has not yet been determined.