Arkansas man dies after tractor-trailer overturns in Missouri

An Arkansas man died Thursday when the tractor-trailer he was driving veered off a highway in southeast Missouri and overturned, according to a report.

Missouri State Highway Patrol said the accident occurred at 3:30 p.m. on Missouri 162 just east of Portageville.

Richard Johnson, 38, of Lepanto was driving east in a 2005 Freightliner when the truck traveled off the left side of the road and overturned.

The report did not say what caused the truck to swerve.

Johnson was pronounced dead at a local hospital about two hours later.

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