WEST FORK (AP) – Two people were killed and two others were hurt after a crash involving five vehicles in northwest Arkansas this past weekend, according to authorities.
At around 7 a.m. on Saturday, the five vehicles lost control on Interstate 49 near West Fork, according to Arkansas State Police.
Francisco Vallecillo, 28, and Carlos Garcia, 31, were pedestrians near the roadway who were struck and killed as the vehicles came off the freeway. Both men were from Fort Smith.
Another pedestrian and a passenger in one of the vehicles were hurt in the accident.
Freezing rain and snow had been falling and roads were icy at the time of the crash, according to state troopers.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
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