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Worker struck and killed while working along Interstate 540; Several others injured

A driver swerved to the left to avoid a front-to-rear collision with another vehicle, hitting four men working in the median.

FORT SMITH, Arkansas — A man was killed while working along I-540 on Monday (Nov.9) and several others were injured.

At 4:46 p.m., a driver traveling northbound on I-540 near mile marker five swerved to the left to avoid a front-to-rear collision with another vehicle, left the roadway and struck the cable barrier and four pedestrians who were working in the median.

26-year-old Moises Felipe Cruz of Fort Smith was killed.

21-year-old Jesus Heriberto Cruz-Garcia, 26-year-old Juan Carlos Morales and 45-year-old Geraldo Morales Felipe, all of Fort Smith, were injured and transported to Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith.

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