A young man from Gurdon, Arkansas was killed on Interstate 30 after rear-ending an 18-wheeler.
According to an Arkansas State Police preliminary fatal crash summary, Leonte Andrew Popovici was traveling westbound at the 80 mile marker when he struck the rear of a Freightliner, also westbound.
Popovici, 22, was driving a 2021 Ford Explorer.
The crash happened at 9:45 p.m. Saturday, April 26, 2025 in rainy conditions and on wet roads, according to investigating Trooper Kemp Smith.
Popovici was a delivery driver for the Houston-based Jones Delivery Service, according to his obituary at Welch Funeral Home in Arkadelphia. He is survived by a wife and a brother.
Editor’s Note: Preliminary Arkansas State Police fatality reports sometimes contain information that turns out to be inaccurate. Typical errors include spelling errors in names, or incorrect ages; outdated hometown information; vehicle direction of travel; and incident times. The ASP sometimes corrects these errors in updated reports. ASP reports omit names of passengers or drivers who are not injured, even in instances when uninjured drivers may appear to be at fault. The reports also omit names of juveniles who were injured or killed, although we report those names when obtained through other sources.