MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two people were killed dead and two more injured in a six-vehicle crash near Osceola, Arkansas that was blamed on poor visibility from a nearby fire.

The crash happened Friday around 3:30 on State Highway 181, north of State Highway 140 in Mississippi County, Arkansas State Police said.

Traffic had slowed because of smoke from a field burning east of the highway, ASP said.

A GMC Terrain driven by Mackenzie Marie Risner, 21, of Manila, struck the rear of a 2012 Kenworth semi-truck, causing the GMC to roll into a ditch.

A second vehicle, driven by Jan Sebastian Rabie, 32, of Brookland, collided with the rear of the same semi-truck, creating a chain reaction wreck with other vehicles that injured two other people, police said.

Rabie was pronounced dead at the scene, and

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