The driver of a tractor-trailer died early Monday morning after the vehicle he was driving went over a bridge in Alleghany County and plunged 125 feet into a creek, Virginia State Police spokesman Sgt. Bob Carpentieri said.

H. Wayne Marquell, 50, of Eaton, Ind., was hauling paper products on eastbound Interstate 64 at approximately 2:30 a.m. when the 2004 Volvo tractor-trailer ran off the right side of the road, striking the guard rail and bridge before going over the bridge, Carpentieri said. The truck caught fire, and Marquell died at the scene, Carpentieri said. The accident is under investigation.

-Courtney Cutright