JONESBORO ,AR : Fiery truck crash shuts interstate overpass, kills Arkansas driver on June, Tuesday 27th 2017

Highway officials closed an Interstate 555 overpass in west Jonesboro on Tuesday after a tractor-trailer rig struck its supports and burst into flames, killing the driver.

Police identified the driver as Jackie Becker, 57, of Jonesboro, a driver for YRC Worldwide in Overland Park, Kan.

Becker was traveling northbound on Interstate 555 at 8:45 a.m. when he swerved off the right side of the road and struck a concrete column that holds up the Harrisburg Road overpass, said Jonesboro Police Department spokesman Paul Holmes.

The truck burst into flames, sending billowing black smoke skyward. Becker was driving a tandem-trailer unit and was carrying general merchandise, Holmes said. There were no hazardous materials inside the truck, he said.


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Fiery truck crash shuts interstate overpass, kills Arkansas driver