Alexandria, KY : Driver killed in wrong way accident on US 27 in southernmost Campbell County on Monday, April 25, 2016

Police reopened U.S. 27 in both directions around 8 a.m. Monday in southernmost Campbell County after a pickup burst into flames in a fatal two-vehicle collision.

A Rumpke dump truck and a pickup truck traveling north collided head-on around 3 p.m.

The pickup was traveling north in the southbound lane of U.S. 27 when it was struck by the dump truck traveling south, according to the Campbell County Police Department. The pickup burst into flames after being struck.

The driver who died was the only occupant of the pickup, Campbell County's police Chief Craig Sorrell said. The Rumpke driver sustained injuries not considered life-threatening, Sorrell said. No names or other details have been released.

U.S. 27 and Ky. 154, also known as Peach Grove Road were closed during the investigation.

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1 killed in Campbell Co. U.S. 27 crash