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Driver ejected, killed after fiery FedEx semi-truck crash on Interstate

A FedEx driver is dead after he was ejected from his truck and killed during a fiery crash on an Illinois interstate.

According to the Illinois State Police Department and the Northbrook Fire Department, deputies responded at 2:23 a.m. on Tuesday to Interstate 294 at mile marker 52.5 in Deerfield for a report of a crash with injuries.

When they arrived, authorities said that the semi-truck had crashed into the guardrail and erupted into flames.

Video footage from the scene showed the brown semi-truck smoldering with large plumes of smoke with packages strewn across the interstate. 

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Authorities said that the driver of the FedEx truck was violently thrown from the cab and was taken to Glenbrook Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

Firefighters worked for hours to fully extinguish the fire. Authorities said that it destroyed the semi-truck and one of the trailers it was towing.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Illinois State Police.

The identity of the driver has not been released by the Cook County medical examiner’s office, FOX 32 reported.

FedEx did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

At least 20 people killed in 'apocalyptic' crash after bus plunges from bridge

At least 20 people are dead after a bus veered off an overpass near Venice, Italy, on Tuesday evening, authorities said.

Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro told Italian state TV channel Rai News24 that there were “at least 20 dead” after a bus veered off the road and fell a few meters close to railway lines in Mestre, a suburb of Venice. Following the crash near railway tracks, the bus caught on fire.

“There are at least 20 dead, but some people are still trapped in the wreckage,” Brugnaro said.

Venice prefect Michele Di Bari said that there were 15 survivors from the crash. 

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The cause of the incident is still unclear with emergency crews on the scene accessing the damage.

Following the crash, Brugnaro wrote on X, in a translated post, that the scene of the crash was “apocalyptic” and that he had already ordered the “city to mourn” for the “numerous victims” who were on the bus.

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“A huge tragedy struck our community this evening” Brugnaro wrote. “I immediately ordered the city to mourn, in memory of the numerous victims who were on the fallen bus. 

“An apocalyptic scene, there are no words,” he said.

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, gave her condolences to residents, saying that she is close with local government during this time of “profound pain.”

“My deepest condolences to the families of the victims and those injured in the serious accident in Mestre,” Von der Leyen wrote in a translated X post. “I am close to President Mattarella, President Meloni and the mayor of Venice Brugnaro in this moment of profound pain.”

Reuters and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

College football coach hospitalized after bicycle crash

Dartmouth head football coach Buddy Teevens was hospitalized on Thursday after a cycling accident in St. Augustine, Florida. 

Teevens, 66, is an avid cyclist who was riding his bicycle when he was involved in a collision. 

He’s been in the hospital since the accident and his family is with him, according to the school. They are not accepting visitors right now “in accordance with their wishes.” 

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Teevens is the Big Green’s all-time winningest head coach. He owns a 117-101-2 record and is 83-70-1 in Ivy League play over his career.

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Dartmouth is also his alma mater, having played three seasons for the Big Green as the team’s quarterback. He played 27 games for them from 1976 to 1978, throwing for a total 1,808 yards and six touchdowns.

Teevens has bounced around college football before landing with Dartmouth again. He’s been coaching for 32 years between the University of Maine, Tulane, Stanford and two separate stints with the Big Green.

Teevens’ first stint with Dartmouth came from 1987 to 1991; his team was the co-Ivy League title winner in 1990 and won it the following year outright.

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He would return to Hanover in 2005 and has been there since. Teevens has led the Big Green to three co-wins of the Ivy League title in 2015, 2019 and 2021.

Teevens was named New England Coach of the Year in 1990, 2015 and 2019; he was also named Ivy League Coach of the Year in 2019 and 2021.

The story behind Toto Wolff's lap record and huge crash at the Nurburgring

In an exclusive interview with ESPN, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff rewinds the clock to the day he nearly killed himself attempting a new lap record at the Nurburgring’s legendary Nordschleife.

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