The Allen Police Department is investigating a fatal crash that occurred early Sunday morning on southbound US 75, just south of the Bethany Drive overpass.
At approximately 6:55 a.m., officers responded to a major crash involving a vehicle and an 18-wheeler. Preliminary findings indicate the vehicle left its lane of travel and struck the rear of the tractor-trailer combination, which was temporally stopped on the right shoulder with its emergency hazard lights activated.
Allen Police and Allen Fire Department personnel arrived on scene and located the driver of the vehicle unresponsive and trapped inside the vehicle. The driver was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Collin County Medical Examiner.
A passenger in the vehicle sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported to a nearby medical facility for treatment. The driver of the tractor-trailer combination was not injured and remained at the scene to cooperate with investigators.
Two southbound lanes of US 75 were closed for several hours while officers conducted their investigation and cleared the scene.
The deceased has been identified as 52-year-old man of Garland.
This incident remains under investigation by the Allen Police Department Traffic Unit. No further information is available at this time.