Squaw Valley, CA : Man dies after truck crashes in Squaw Valley area early Sunday morning, July 24, 2016

A man was killed after his truck flipped over and he was partly thrown out early Sunday morning in the Squaw Valley area, the California Highway Patrol said Friday.

The 54-year-old driver of a Ford two-axle flatbed was heading south on George Smith Road south of Ennis Road around 7:26 a.m. when the truck went off the road and overturned, the CHP said.

The vehicle caught fire after the crash, and the fire engulfed the truck, the driver and a surrounding half-acre of grass and trees.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

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Man dies after truck crashes in Squaw Valley area