SEEKONK, Mass. (WPRI) — An investigation is underway into a fiery crash that killed a 36-year-old man in Seekonk Tuesday afternoon, according to Massachusetts State Police.

Troopers rushed to I-195 West near Exit 1 and found a three-car crash involving a box truck, tractor-trailer and an SUV.

Both the SUV and box truck caught fire as a result of the crash, sending a plume of thick black smoke into the sky.

Police said the driver of the SUV, which wound up crushed underneath the cab of the box truck, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the box truck, a 45-year-old Easton man, was brought to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries, according to police. The driver of the tractor-trailer, identified by police as a 31-year-old man from Hallandale, Florida, was not injured.

Traffic was backed up for miles as first responders sifted through the wreckage and cleared debris from the highway. Police said I-195 West was fully closed for several hours, but has since reopened.

The exact cause of the crash is unknown, but the driver of the tractor-trailer truck told 12 News he saw the box truck speed right past him.

“[He was going] very fast,” Edwin Parra recalled, noting that traffic had slowed down on the highway just moments prior. “It was a very fiery, fiery, fiery crash … very smoky.”

Parra, who was on his way back home after making a delivery in Fall River, said the box truck clipped his tractor-trailer before slamming straight into the SUV. Both vehicles burst into flames upon impact, he added.

Despite being trapped on the highway for hours and eventually being dropped off by an officer at a nearby gas station, Parra said he’s grateful he wasn’t hurt.

“I’m good,” Parra said. “But the other driver [was killed] … It’s very sad.”

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