SHERWOOD, Ark. — A pedestrian is dead after being struck trying to cross an Arkansas interstate.
According to and Arkansas State Police (ASP) fatal crash summary, a male that was listed simply as a “John Doe” was crossing Interstate 57 at mile-marker 4 in Pulaski County at around 5:30 a.m. on Thursday morning.
ASP stated in its report that the pedestrian was struck twice while trying to cross — once by a 2013 Toyota Tundra and then by a Freightliner.
Both vehicles were going north on Interstate 57 at the time of the incident.
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