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Biographical Info Age: 51
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Incident Details: Sergeant Richard LeBow was killed in an automobile accident on I-40 near Mulberry, at approximately 10:25 am.
His patrol car collided head-on with an oncoming tractor trailer.
End of Watch: Monday, February 4, 2008
Ark. trooper dies in highway accident
The Associated Press
MULBERRY, Ark. — An Arkansas State Police trooper died in crash Monday on Interstate 40 in Crawford County after his cruiser collided with a tractor trailer.
Sgt. Richard C. LeBow, 51, of Ozark, pulled out from an interstate median and collided with a truck in an eastbound lane, state police spokesman Bill Sadler said in a statement. Television reports said the tractor-trailer caught fire after the crash at mile marker 20 near Mulberry. Video showed a smoky crash scene and the front end of LeBow's cruiser destroyed.
Sadler said the unidentified driver of the tractor-trailer was injured in the crash and taken to a Fort Smith hospital.
The crash remains under investigation.