FedEx truck driver dies after being thrown from vehicle during fiery crash in north Chicago suburb

CHICAGO (CBS)-- A FedEx truck driver was killed in a fiery crash on I-294 in Northbrook early Tuesday morning. 

Illinois State Police said the driver was thrown from the vehicle after it crashed into a wall near the exit ramp to Lake Cook Road just before 2:25 a.m. The driver was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died. 

The exit ramp remains closed but no highway lanes are impacted. 

Fire officials confirmed the truck was full of packages. 

An investigation is underway.