UPDATE: Pickup truck driver dies in Thruway accident

Authorities have released the name of the man who died when his pickup truck was hit by a tractor-trailer near a Thruway exit in Albany.

State police say 48-year-old Raymond Gaidusek of Albany was making an illegal U-turn in Interstate 90's westbound lanes near Exit 24 at about 9 p.m. Wednesday when he was hit, causing both vehicles to burst into flames.

Responding troopers were able to remove Gaidusek, who was partially thrown from his truck and died. Gaidusek was taken to Albany Medical Center while his body awaits autopsy.

The driver of the truck, 63-year-old Raymond Maxim of Utica, suffered minor injuries. He was also taken to Albany medical Center.

Firefighters had to call in a tanker truck from the Albany airport after running out of water battling the blaze.

Both the pickup and the tractor-trailer, which had been carrying pallets of bottled water, were completely destroyed in the fires.

All three westbound lanes were closed for a time and the left lane remained closed through much of Thursday morning.

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UPDATE 5 a.m.: The driver of a pickup truck was killed Wednesday night in a fiery crash west of the 24 Interchange, according to a New York State Police sergeant.

Investigators were still trying to identify the man early this morning. Crews were on the scene through the night surveying and cleaning up the scene.

Police said they think the driver of that pickup truck tried to make an illegal u-turn when his truck was hit by a tractor trailer. The driver of the big rig was not injured.

Stay tuned to CBS 6 and here on the Web for the latest.

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UPDATE 1:15 a.m.: The right westbound lane has reopened. Emergency crews are still on the scene and have blocked off the left and center lanes.

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Thruway State Police have confirmed that a coroner is headed to the scene of a fiery truck accident that shut down part of the I-90 westbound.

All lanes are currently blocked at milepost 148.2 between exits 24 and 25. Thruway Police say a tractor-trailer truck hauling water crashed into a pickup truck on the Thruway ramp heading west at exit 24.

The ramp is shut down at this time.

Police tell us the driver of the pickup truck has succumbed to his injuries. The driver of the tractor-trailer sustained minor injuries.