{"id":10858,"date":"2026-02-04T16:58:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=10858"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:58:27","slug":"marion-man-killed-in-3-vehicle-semi-collision-along-blues-hwy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/arkansas-truck-accidents\/marion-man-killed-in-3-vehicle-semi-collision-along-blues-hwy\/","title":{"rendered":"Marion man killed in 3-vehicle semi collision along Blues Hwy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MARION, AR &#8211; A 43-year-old man sustained fatal injuries last Thursday in a multi-vehicle collision involving two semi-trucks in Crittenden County, Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kait8.com\/2026\/01\/30\/one-killed-three-injured-three-vehicle-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to KAIT 8<\/a>, the accident occurred shortly before 8 a.m. near mile marker 9 on I-55, or the Blues Highway, in Marion.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say that roads were icy when a northbound 2019 Freightliner semi rear-ended a northbound 2019 Freightliner semi as the driver of the latter truck entered the highway from a rest area.<\/p>\n<p>Following this initial crash, the rear semi veered onto the southbound side of the highway and crashed head-on into a southbound Honda Accord.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the Honda, identified as Matthew Coles of Marion, died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Medics transported the two truck drivers and a minor passenger from the Honda to an area hospital with unspecified injuries.<\/p>\n<p>A full investigation is underway.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1WVGezo8O4dJpCQlRNvl_HJedcwP79gY&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Have you lost a loved one in a Crittenden County truck accident caused by another driver? If so, the Arkansas semi crash attorneys at <a href=\"\/\">Truck Accident Lawyers LLC<\/a> want to help you demand justice and accountability. You don&#8217;t have to face the legal process on your own! <a href=\"\/contact\/\">Contact us online<\/a> or call us today at <a href=\"tel: (888) 774-5836\">(888) 774-5836<\/a> for a free consultation with an Arkansas fatal truck accident lawyer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARION, AR &#8211; A 43-year-old man sustained fatal injuries last Thursday in a multi-vehicle collision involving two semi-trucks in Crittenden County, Arkansas. According to KAIT 8, the accident occurred shortly before 8 a.m. near mile marker 9 on I-55, or the Blues Highway, in Marion. Authorities say that roads were icy when a northbound 2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arkansas-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10858"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10862,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10858\/revisions\/10862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}