Dustin Edmonson, 29, of Texarkana, Ark., was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 30 about 8:50 p.m. Monday in the eastbound lanes of the interstate near the 5 mile marker within the Texarkana, Ark., city limits.
Traffic was stopped because of a crash at the 9 mile marker.
Edmonson was driving a 2004 Ford Ranger pickup eastbound in the left lane and failed to stop, colliding with the rear trailer of the 2011 Freightliner tractor trailer driven by Jodie Hilliard of Grand Prairie, Texas. Hilliard was not injured.
Edmonson was taken to CHRISTUS St. Michael Health Center in Texarkana, Texas, where he died.
The accident was investigated by the Arkansas State Police and the Texarkana, Ark., police.
The investigating officer was Texarkana, Ark. Police Cpl. Less Munn.