ST. PETERS, MO (KTVI - FOX2now.com)--

One person is dead after an early morning crash in St. Peters, Mo involving a fire truck. Part of Westbound Interstate 70 was closed for several hours. The highway reopened just before 5 a.m. Thursday morning.

The crash happened around 12:15 a.m. on I-70 near Mid Rivers Mall Drive exit. The Missouri Highway Patrol says troopers and fire crews from Central County Fire and Rescue were working a relatively minor accident when a pick up truck going west on I-70 slammed into the back of a fire truck.

A Patrol spokesperson says the driver of the truck was killed. No one else was seriously hurt although a couple of fire fighters were taken to the hospital to be checked out.

Right now, it is unclear why the truck did not stop in time. The name of the victim has not yet been released.