CARUTHERSVILLE -- A Paragould, Ark., man was killed early Tuesday in an accident involving two tractor-trailer trucks.
Tony Cleveland, 31, died as a result of injuries after his tractor-trailer truck collided with another truck, left Interstate-55 and entered the median, overturned and burst into flames, said a spokesman for the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Cleveland's truck struck the left rear of another tractor-trailer truck, driven by William Page, 51, of Jackson, Tenn. Both trucks were headed south on Interstate 55, four miles east of Caruthersville, near the Tennessee-Missouri bridge, when the accident occurred.
Page was able to bring his truck to a stop on the right shoulder of his lane.
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