A Winston-Salem man was killed in a three-car wreck on northbound U.S. 421 Wednesday morning near Lewisville after a recliner fell off a trailer and onto the highway, authorities said.

The wreck happened at 10:34 a.m. on the highway just north of its exit to Shallowford Road, said Trooper D.L. Handy of the N.C. Highway Patrol.

A black pickup was towing a trailer with a recliner when the recliner fell off the trailer and onto the highway, Handy said.

The driver of a red truck saw the chair in the road and stopped, Handy said. A van rear-ended the stopped truck, skidded off the road and overturned.

The driver of the van, Robert Long, 53, died at the scene, Handy said.

After the van hit the stopped truck, Jessica Houston, 35, of Yadkinville was driving a car that also hit the truck, Handy said. Houston suffered serious injuries, and her daughters suffered minor injuries, and they were taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

The driver of the stopped truck, Leonel Palacios, 57, of Summerfield, and his passenger, Wallace Compton Jr., 47, of Greensboro were also taken to Wake Forest Baptist, Handy said. They suffered neck and back injuries.