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State Police confirmed one person was killed in a fiery crash on the Zakim Bridge Monday morning.

Officials said that a Malden taxi cab stopped in the right travel lane going northbound before it was struck from the back by a tractor trailer. State Police said it appeared that the taxi cab had broken down.

Firefighters rushed to help, but the fire proved too intense. By the time the vehicles were towed away, neither were recognizable. Both burned down to the metal.

The taxi driver, Debra Sarno, 54, of Chelsea was pronounced dead at the scene.