One person died and another was arrested on suspicion of DUI after a crash in Marina that closed northbound Highway 1 Wednesday, the California Highway Patrol reports.

Officers went to the area of Highway 1 and the 8th Street overcrossing after receiving reports of a crash and a vehicle on fire at about 5:26 p.m.

Pacific Grove resident Stewart Maxwell Napier, 25, was driving a 2002 GMC Sierra at an unknown speed when he crashed into a 1999 Geo Tracker which then burst into flames within seconds, said CHP Public Information Officer Jessica Madueno.

Napier has seen traffic in front of him beginning to slow down but was "unable to stop his GMC Sierra in time," CHP said.

Witnesses tried to get the driver out of the fully-engulfed car but were unable to do so.

The driver of the Geo Tracker, whose identity has not yet been released, died at the scene.

The impact also pushed the Geo Tracker into a third vehicle, a 2008 Jeep Patriot. The Jeep's driver and passenger, both of Marina, were not injured, Madueno said. They were able to drive away from the scene.

Napier was not injured and was cooperative on scene, Madueno said. He was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs and vehicular manslaughter and booked into Monterey County Jail.

All three lanes were shut down and traffic was diverted onto the highway shoulder for about three hours as officers investigated the crash.