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Jason Mitchell, 40, killed in single-vehicle truck accident on Interstate 40 in Forrest City, Arkansas

Date: 
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Area: 
Memphis, TN
A Tennessee man died in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 40 Tuesday night. Jason Mitchell, 40, of Milan, Tennessee, died when his vehicle slammed into a ditch. Mitchell's vehicle went across two lanes of westbound traffic before entering the ditch. Mitchell was pronounced deceased at a local hospital.  No other injuries were reported in the crash. An investigation is ongoing.

Summer Ungerank, 15, killed and two other teens injured in high-speed single-vehicle crash on Bellview Road in Randolph County, Arkansas

Date: 
Monday, December 29, 2014
Area: 
Jonesboro, AR

According to authorities, 15-year-old Summer Ungerank of Pocahontas was killed when the 2008 Chevrolet Aveo she was riding in ran off of Bellview Road at a high speed, struck a tree, and overturned. The accident happened at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Randolph County. Two other teen girls in the vehicle, ages 16 and 14, recieved unknown injuries in the accident. We'll update this story as more information becomes available.

Elva Figueroa, 46, Gabriel Figueroa, 46, and Navor Medina, 36, killed, and Francisco Figueroa injured in single-vehicle crash caused by tire blowout on Interstate 55 in Mississippi County, Arkansas

Date: 
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Area: 
Memphis, TN
Three people died and one was injured in a Mississippi County crash on Sunday morning on on Interstate 55. Elva Figurero, 46, Gabriel Figurero, 46, and Navor Medina, 36, were killed in the crash when the SUV they were riding in had a left rear tire blowout. The driver then over corrected, rolled over, and entered a ditch. Two people were pronounced deceased at the crash site, another died at a local hospital. The driver of the vehicle, Francisco Figurero, was taken to a Memphis hospital, and his condition is unknown at this time.  

Carolyn Standridge, 66, killed in collision with tractor trailer on U.S. 71 in Mena, Arkansas

Date: 
Friday, December 12, 2014
Area: 
Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR
A Mena woman died Friday morning when her car crashed with a tractor-trailer. Carolyn Standridge, 66, was driving a 2000 Lincoln on U.S. 71 near Mena. John Draper, 46, of Shreveport, La., was driving a tractor-trailer north on 71. At about 6:20 a.m., Standridge’s car crossed the center line into the northbound lane and collided with the tractor-trailer. Standridge was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:06 a.m., while Draper was not injured. 

Jimmy A. Holland, 54, killed and Bobby Stark injured in head-on wrong-way crash on Arkansas Highway 25 near Heber Springs

Date: 
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Area: 
Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR

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. 

 

Cynthia Simmons, 61, killed and three people injured in car accident on icy Interstate 55 in Mississippi County, Arkansas

Date: 
Monday, November 17, 2014
Area: 
Memphis, TN
One woman died and three other people were injured in a four-vehicle crash Monday morning. Cynthia Simmons, 61, of Blytheville was killed in the accident on Interstate 55 at the 67 mile marker just after 4:30 a.m. Latonya Harvey of Blytheville lost control on ice while trying to stop on a bridge. The vehicle Simmons was driving hit Harvey's vehicle and spun onto the shoulder. Another driver, Avery Jackson of Blytheville, also lost control but managed to stop in the right lane. Anthony Green of Sikeston, MO struck Jackson's vehicle and then hit Simmons.

Shameeka Patterson, 37, killed while Mike Hamrick, Barbara Jones, Claude Roberts, and Bobby Ray Williams all hospitalized after fiery crash on an icy bridge of Highway 64 near Wynne, AR

Date: 
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Area: 
Memphis, TN
At about 5:30am, Patterson lost control of her vehicle on an icy bridge of Highway 64 and collided with a pickup truck, then a concrete barrier, where her vehicle caught fire. A semi-truck then tried to avoid the wreck but ended up hitting the pickup truck and swinging into oncoming traffic, hitting two more vehicles. Patterson was killed, and everyone else involved except for the driver of the semi truck, David Tidd, was hospitalized. Check back for more details as the investigation of this accident continues.

Damontay Wright, 19, crashes into house during police chase in Jonesboro, Arkansas

Date: 
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Area: 
Jonesboro, AR
 Damontay Wright reportedly tried to get a driver's lisence at the State Police Headquarters, but when an officer asked him about driving without a license, he got in his car and drove away. Officers chased him until he crashed into a home. Fortunately no one was hurt.

Iketha Winchester, 45, and Robert Billings, 65, killed and many injured in multi-vehicle accident involving semi trucks on Interstate 40 in West Memphis, Arkansas

Date: 
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Area: 
Memphis, TN

Two people died in a car accident on Interstate 40 in West Memphis, Arkansas. Six cars were involved in the crash and at least one of them caught fire. Investigators think the weather and construction on I-40 were factors in the crash.  A 13-year-old girl is among those people injured, and is being treated at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.

Ronald Pate, 77, Phillip Pate, 81, Donna Pate, 75, Connie Richards, 69, and Gloria Bryant, 70, killed in car accident with semi truck on Interstate 30 near Hope, Arkansas

Date: 
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Area: 
Shreveport, LA
Five people from Indiana were killed when their van crashed into a tractor-trailer on Interstate 30 in southwest Arkansas Tuesday night near Hope. The van swerved into the tractor-trailer, and then the van crashed into the median. All five people in the van were killed. The victims were identified as 77-year-old Ronald Pate, 81-year-old Phillip Pate, 75-year-old Donna Pate, 69-year-old Connie Richards and 70-year-old Gloria Bryant. State police say the three members of the Pate family were from Bloomington, while Richards was from Fishers and Bryant was from Solsberry.