A pickup driver was killed on Interstate 30 in east Fort Worth late Wednesday, Oct. 7, after the truck left the highway and hit a signpost, police say.

A pickup driver was killed on Interstate 30 in east Fort Worth late Wednesday, Oct. 7, after the truck left the highway and hit a signpost, police say.

A pickup truck driver was killed in a crash on Interstate 30 in east Fort Worth late Wednesday, police said.

Officers responded to the accident in the 6000 block of I-30. The truck had left the highway and crashed into a large signpost at a high speed, according to police.

The driver had to be extricated from the vehicle and died at the scene, police said. The driver will be publicly identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Further information about the fatal crash was not immediately available.

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