A truck driver was killed after quickly bringing his big rig to a stop on a runaway truck ramp on State Route 431 Monday afternoon in Incline Village.

According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, the accident happened just before 3 p.m. as the large truck came to a quick stop on the runaway ramp, causing the contents of the truck, a load of composite decking materials, to slide forward and crush the cab of the vehicle and the driver inside.

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Emergency personnel from North Lake Tahoe were called to the scene to get the driver out of the vehicle. It took several hours to extricate the driver from the crushed cab.

There were no other vehicles involved in the incident, and police are currently investigating what caused the truck to need to use the runaway ramp. There is no word as to whether or not the payload was properly fastened or not, or any other factors that may have been in play in the accident.

The identity of the driver has not yet been released.

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