Sniper hits five trucks in Arkansas, one person wounded

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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A sniper opened fire along Interstate 40 and hit five vehicles early Tuesday, wounding a cross-country trucker.

State police said four tractor-trailers and a pickup truck were hit by gunfire about 1:30 a.m. along a one-mile stretch of highway.

No immediate arrests were made.

Bruce Jennings, 35, of Bakersfield, Calif., a passenger in a rig being driven by a cousin, suffered superficial wounds.

A pickup truck driver whose tire was shot out told police that as he changed his tire, he heard more gunfire and saw a vehicle going the wrong way on an I-40 entrance ramp. Police said he could not give details about with vehicle.