A tanker truck's driver was flown to a hospital after a fiery crash in Loudoun County, Virginia State Police said.

About 5:30 a.m. Thursday, police were called to the accident, in the westbound lane of the Dulles Greenway at the exit to the Claiborne Parkway. The truck overturned, and caught fire.

The driver was taken to the hospital to be treated for serious but non-life threatening injuries, police said.

A Similar incident occurred early Wednesday morning in Fairfax County. In that accident, a tanker truck's driver was found dead in the vehicle after the truck overturned and became engulfed in flames.

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