Little Rock, AR : 1 dead, 1 hurt in 5-vehicle wreck involving state trooper on Arkansas interstate on Thursday morning, February 23, 2017

A wrong-way crash involving five vehicles Thursday morning in foggy conditions on Interstate 40 left a man dead and another person injured, according to authorities.

The wreck happened shortly before 7:30 a.m. between exits 127 and 129 in Conway, Arkansas State Police spokeswoman Liz Chapman said.

Authorities say a 2006 Kia driven by 60-year-old Lloyd Cossey of Sherwood was traveling west in eastbound traffic on the interstate shortly before it collided with three vehicles.

The Kia hit the front of a tractor-trailer before striking a 2009 Toyota and a 2001 Ford, according to a preliminary report released later in the day.

Once hit, the Ford then crashed into the rear of a 2006 Dodge driven by a state trooper on his way to work in Little Rock, police noted. The identity of the trooper was not released.

Cossey was killed as a result of the multi-vehicle wreck. The driver of the tractor-trailer, a Greenbrier resident, was also injured, the report states.

No other injuries were reported in the accident.

State police and the Conway Police Department both responded to the scene, Chapman said.

Cossey’s death was the 65th reported so far this year on an Arkansas road, according to preliminary figures.

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1 dead, 1 hurt in 5-vehicle wreck involving state trooper on Arkansas interstate