BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A man is dead after a tractor-trailer crashed and caught fire in Frederick County Friday morning.
Officers responded to the scene around 3:19 a.m. to find the truck as well as the surrounding woods ablaze.
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Officials do not know why the truck left the roadway.
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