Semi truck driver killed in crash on Interstate 240 on May 22.

A tractor-trailer driver is dead after a fiery crash on Interstate 240 eastbound at Millbranch Road on Thursday night.

The tractor-trailer overturned and burst into flames around 9:45 p.m.

Crews pulled the driver from the truck. He was sent in extremely critical condition to the Regional Medical Center, where he died.

The driver's name hasn't been released but WMC Action News 5 has found that he is from Memphis, worked for J and J Waste and was hauling paper when the crash happened.

It forced police to close eastbound I-240 down completely for hours which caused a massive traffic backup. The scene appeared to be clear a little before 1 a.m.

Two more vehicles were involved in the crash, but we don't know if anyone in those vehicles was hurt.

Investigators are still working to figure out what caused the crash.