Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on Interstate 40 near Ozark in Franklin County, Arkansas.
What Happened: A tractor-trailer and an unspecified number of vehicles collided under unknown conditions.
Participants:
- Jong Choi, driver of tractor-trailer
- Unspecified number of other vehicles
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- Jong Choi, 66, killed
Details:
On or about Monday, March 7th, 2022, around 1:00 in the morning, a major accident between a tractor-trailer and an unspecified number of other vehicles left a 66-year-old Georgia man dead. Troopers from the ASP said the accidnet was reported along Interstate 40 just outside Ozark in Franklin County, Arkansas.
Spokespeople from the Arkansas State Police said 66-year-old Jong Choi was killed when the tractor-trailer he was driving and an unknown number of other vehicles collided in a chain-reaction accident on Interstate 40. After the initial collision, the tractor-trailer Choi was in crashed off the side of the roadway and into Dirty Creek. Choi died of his injuries a short time after the accident.
According to Google Maps, Interstate 40 cuts east and west through the center of Franklin County.
State and local agencies assisted after the accident.