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As for why the tanker hit the guard rail, witnesses told KOMO 4 News the driver may have fallen asleep.
"I saw him fall asleep, and he kept on kind of waking up," says witness Brianna Banchera. "I told my friend 'he's falling asleep' so she started honking her horn to get everyone's attention and try and wake him up."
Seconds later Banchera watched the tanker veer into a jersey barrier on the side of the road and burst into flames. The fireball shot 100 feet into the air.
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Note that she honked her horn. Probably made the guy panic, thinking he was too close to another car. So he veered too far over and hit the guard rail, then his truck blew up.