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PADUCAH, Ky. -- One man is dead following a crash on Interstate 24 near Paducah, Kentucky.

The McCracken County Sheriff's Office reports the crash happened around 5:15 a.m. Saturday, September 14 at the 9-mile marker. One tractor-trailer was on its side and the other was fully engulfed by fire.

The investigation revealed Saio Peters, age 67, of Decatur, Georgia was driving a 2017 Freightliner, eastbound on I-24.

Zurab Bukhnikashvili, age 61, of West Chester, Ohio was stopped along the south shoulder of the eastbound lanes. He was standing outside of a 2015 Volvo, attempting to make a repair, when the tractor was struck in the rear by Peters' vehicle.

The 2015 Volvo rolled over onto its right side after the collision, coming to rest on top of Bukhnikashvili. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The 2017 Freightliner collided with the center median cable barrier and caught fire.

Peters sustained incapacitating injuries and was flown to an out of state hospital for treatment.

One of the involved tractors was loaded with 5-gallon buckets of transmission fluid, which spilled over the entire roadway surface.

The eastbound lanes of I-24 were closed to all traffic for about 14 hours for crash investigation and to clean up the scene.