A fiery big rig crash on the 210 Freeway near San Gabriel Boulevard forced a shutdown Sunday morning of the Metro Gold Line.

The driver was hospitalized, but did not suffer life-threatening injuries.

The transit service was shut down between the Allen and Arcadia station. Shuttles were used to get Metro riders around the closure, spokesman Dave Sotero said.

A SigAlert was also in place for the nearby freeway.

The tractor trailer was traveling west on the 210 Freeway when the driver lost control at about 3 a.m. and slammed into a center guard rail, according to the California Highway Patrol. The big rig was destroyed in the fire.

Debris from the crash landed on nearby Gold Line tracks, which remain closed while workers check for structural damage, Sotero said.

The crash and closure come just one day and less than a mile away from where a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for the new Metro Gold Line expansion at the Duarte/City of Hope station.