The Arkansas State Police is investigating an officer-involved shooting after the death Monday of a driver whose vehicle hit several patrol cars and later crashed on Interstate 40.
About 5 p.m., West Memphis Police Department officers tried to stop a vehicle that was traveling east toward Memphis, according to a news release.
During a pursuit, the driver -- later identified as Ronald Clinton, 47, of Memphis -- struck multiple patrol vehicles, authorities said.
Clinton then reversed course and began heading west toward officers in the eastbound lanes, the release states. According to the state police, at least one officer fired as the vehicle approached.
Clinton's vehicle then hit an eastbound tractor-trailer rig. Clinton had to be extracted from the wreckage and was taken to a hospital, where he later died, police said.
His body will be sent to the state Crime Laboratory to determine the exact cause of death.
Metro on 05/23/2018