ALBANY, OR : Motorist pulls trucker from fiery crash on I-5 on Friday, September 1, 2017

A truck driver was pulled to safety just before his rig became engulfed in flames after he crashed into a pillar for a Highway 20 overpass just after midnight Friday.

Terence Jay Shaw was headed north on I-5 driving a Freightliner with a trailer when he hit a guardrail and hit the pillar of the overpass. Another motorist stopped and pulled the 51-year-old Riverside, California man from the truck before fire overtook it.

Oregon State Police and other emergency responders arrived. Shaw was rushed to a Portland hospital for treatment of injuries and burns.

I-5 was closed while crews put out the fire and cleaned up the crash site.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Motorist pulls trucker from fiery crash on I-5