UPDATE: Truck removed from Red River after crash

POWELL COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ)- Westbound Mountain Parkway in Powell County has reopened after an overnight crash.

According to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 10, crews closed the road to remove an overturned truck that crashed and landed upside down in the Red River.

The accident happened just past Exit 18 in Clay City.

Crews say the truck was removed from the river around 8:00 a.m.

They say the driver, Jeff Rose, was treated and released from an area hospital and was very lucky to not have been more seriously hurt.

Investigators say Rose was driving eastbound when the truck hit the median, went airborne, clipped a guardrail and crashed upside down in the river.

Environmental crews were called in to contain a diesel fuel spill in the river.