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4 killed on I-30 in Arkansas truck wreck

TEXARKANA, Ark. — Four people were killed and two people were injured Tuesday when a tractor-trailer crashed into vehicles stopped in an Interstate 30 construction zone near Texarkana and set off an explosion.

I-30 was closed in both directions after the fiery 2:30 a.m. accident, and the westbound lanes remained closed Tuesday afternoon.

State police said 43-year-old Vaughn Gentry of Dallas and 51-year-old Albert Pruitt of Addison, Texas, died in a rig that was hauling newspaper advertising inserts. Also killed were 77-year-old Walter Carpenter and 64-year-old Victory Barker of Hot Springs, who were in a passenger car.

Investigators said Carpenter and three other drivers were stopped in the work zone when a Freightliner that Gentry and Pruitt were in set off an explosion when they hit Carpenter’s car. Police could not determine who was driving the truck.

Kevin Jones of The Trucker staff can be reached for comment at [email protected] .

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