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Jimmy A. Holland of Edgemont was driving north on Arkansas Highway 25 around 5:30 p.m. when a vehicle traveling south, driven by Bobby Stark of Searcy swerved into oncoming traffic. Stark's vehicle struck the left front of Holland's vehicle, killing Holland. Stark was brought to the hospital in Heber Springs; his condition is unknown at this time.
A Friday morning wreck involving a van and a Quitman school bus on a Cleburne County state highway ended with a woman's death, according to an Arkansas State Police preliminary crash report. The school bus was at a stop on Arkansas 124 east of Quitman picking up a fourth child when a Kia van struck the back end of the bus, ultimately killing the van's driver, Martha Bearden, 54, of Guy, the report states. The road conditions were clear and dry, according to the report. The report also lists a female passenger of the van — Phoenix Bearden of Guy, whose age is not provided — as injured.