UPDATE: Driver Killed in Southbound Interstate 405 Accident Near Factoria

Updated 10:47 a.m.:

A 56-year-old Port Orchard man was killed early Wednesday morning when the tanker truck he was driving rolled over on a southbound on-ramp to Interstate 405 near Factoria, the Washington State Patrol reports.

The accident closed the on-ramp from Interstate 90 to I-405 for some three hours after the accident at about 3 a.m. The driver, Arville James Chappell, apears to have lost control on the curving on-ramp.

Trooper Cliff Pratt said the State Patrol is seeking witnesses who might help explain exactly what happened.

Crews from the Bellevue Fire Department responded with multple engines, a ladder truck and two aid cars, and Pratt said they had to cut the victim out of the wreckage of the overturned truck.

Anyone who might have information about the accident can call the Bellevue office of the State Patrol at 425-401-7788.

Original:

The Bellevue Fire Department reports that a driver was killed when a CO2 truck overturned on southbound Interstate 405 near Factoria just around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning.

The Bellevue Fire Department and the Washington State Patrol continued to be on scene as late as 5 a.m., according to the Fire Department Twitter feed.

According to the State Department of Transportation, the collision investigation had been blocking the right lane of southbound I-405, and the and the right lane of southbound I-405 is closed approaching the joint onramp from eastbound and westbound Interstate 90.

Just before 7 a.m., the accident was cleared, according to the DOT Twitter feed.

According to Q13 Fox, the driver was described as a 56-year-old Port Orchard man and he was killed instantly when his tanker truck struck a median and went off the road and rolled over.

This story will be updated as Bellevue Patch learns more details.