SEDGWICK COUNTY – A Kansas man died in an accident just after 3 a.m. on Tuesday in Sedgwick County.

The Kansas Turnpike Authority reported a semi driven by Fred F. Anderson, 63, Sedgwick, was southbound on Interstate 35 just east of Kansas 15.

The truck was in the outside traffic lane. The driver failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway.

It traveled through a guardrail, down the embankment on the west side of the roadway, came to rest at the bottom of the embankment against the fence line, burst into flames, and was consumed by fire.

Anderson was pronounced dead at the scene.

The accident remains under investigation.