5-car pileup bogs U.S. 71

‘Swamp People’ stars involved in crash; no deaths

Staff photo by Evan Lewis Tommy Chauvin and his stepfather, Joe LaFont, better known as “Trigger Tommy” and “Trapper Joe” from the History Channel show “Swamp People,” give a statement Monday afternoon to Arkansas State Trooper Bernard Pettit after a five-vehicle...

Staff photo by Evan Lewis Crews clean up a five-vehicle accident Monday afternoon on U.S. Highway 71 near the Arkansas-Louisiana border. The highway was partially closed for more than four hours before everything could be cleaned up.

NEAR DODDRIDGE, Ark.—U.S. Highway 71 near the Arkansas-Louisiana state line had to be closed Monday after a tractor-trailer hit four stopped vehicles, including another 18-wheeler.

There were no fatalities, which Arkansas State Police Trooper Bernard Pettit called ...

Published: 05/01/2012