Two dead and two seriously injured in fatal car wreck

  • Arkansas state police are investigating a four-vehicle crash on a highway in which two people were killed on Tuesday evening 
  • The gruesome accident took place at mile marker 3 in Texarkana just before 5pm 
  • One image from the scene shows a ladder which smashed through the windshield of one of the 18-wheeler trucks involved in the wreck 
  • The driver of the van and the driver of one of the 18-wheelers died in the crash 

Arkansas state police are investigating a four-vehicle crash on a highway in which two people were killed on Tuesday evening.

The gruesome accident took place at mile marker 3 in Texarkana just before 5pm, according to KSLA-TV.

The accident involved a van and three tractor-trailer rigs.

One image from the scene shows a ladder which smashed through the windshield of one of the 18-wheeler trucks involved in the wreck.

Arkansas state police are investigating a four-vehicle crash on a highway in which two people were killed on Tuesday evening

The gruesome accident took place at mile marker 3 in Texarkana just before 5pm

The gruesome accident took place at mile marker 3 in Texarkana just before 5pm

The accident involved a van and three tractor-trailer rigs. The driver of the van and the driver of one of the 18-wheelers died in the crash. The other two drivers were rushed to hospital with serious injuries

The accident involved a van and three tractor-trailer rigs. The driver of the van and the driver of one of the 18-wheelers died in the crash. The other two drivers were rushed to hospital with serious injuries

The driver of the van and the driver of one of the 18-wheelers died in the crash.

The other two drivers were rushed to hospital with serious injuries.

The major crash led to four other accidents on the same highway, according to authorities.

Authorities in Arkansas reopened the highway approximately four hours later. 

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