Update: I-30 reopens after truck crashed over guardrail

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Updated: 2/08 7:50 pm

Published: 2/08 4:21 pm

LITTLE ROCK, AR - The eastbound lanes of I-30 reopened around 6pm after being closed down near Malvern for about 4 hours on Friday due to a crash.

According to the Arkansas State Police, a large pickup towing a trailer merged into traffic after stopping along the highway on the shoulder. As he merged, his trailer was hit by an 18-wheeler, near mile marker 91. The impact caused the pickup and trailer to be pushed along the guardrail of an overpass, then off the roadway, falling about 40-feet into an embankment below the bridge.

The driver of the pickup truck, William Almond of Hot Springs, was pinned in the wreckage. He was eventually extracted and flown to a hospital in Little Rock, current condition unknown.

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uss001 - 2/9/2013 9:21 AM

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So many people do not know how to merge into traffic. Merging into traffic does not include cutting off and forcing your way in front of a loaded 80,000 pound tractor trailer rig. That's just asking to get killed. Same thing with get-on ramps of interstate highways. Anybody ever notice the "Yield" signs on the ramps?? For those of you who don't know what "Yield" means, you need to look it up in the dictionary. The "Yield" signs are not on the ramps for decoration, people. They are there for your safety as well as others. Pay attention and don't try to beat the 40 ton big truck, you might not live to laugh about it later!!!!

pat72209 - 2/8/2013 5:45 PM

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PRAYING THAT DRIVER IS OK. GOD BLESS EVERYONE INVOLVED.

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