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Kenneth McCain, 51, killed; Stacy Baskins, 43, injured in rear-end collision on Arkansas 1 near Colt
Rose Hunt, aged 41 from Tillar, Arkansas was driving her 1996 GMC on Arkansas 1 in Desha County when she collided with a northbound Ford vehicle which crossed the centerline. The GMC overturned several times after going off the road. The driver of the Ford vehicle, Seth Young, aged 20 and a Monticello resident, also suffered injuries and was taken to McGehee-Desha County Hospital. Reports state that the roads were wet because of heavy rain during the time of the accident which was last Saturday at around 6:30 a.m.
A 35-year-old driver from Wynne died Sunday in a two-vehicle collision on an icy highway in Poinsett County, authorities said.
Johnny M. Hefner was driving a 2008 Chrysler north on an "iced" Arkansas 1 about 5:45 p.m. when her vehicle spun out of control and ended up in the opposing lane, where it was hit by a southbound 1999 Jeep, according to an Arkansas State Police report.
Hefner died at the scene.
The other driver, identified as 42-year-old Tammy Kaye Hutchings, was taken to St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro with unspecified injuries, police said.