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Latosha Nicole Leathers was driving north on U.S. 71 with two children in the car when she lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a tractor-trailer. All three people were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor trailer, Marla Gayle Pipes, 52, was injured and taken to Mena Regional Health System for treatment.
Amy Yates was driving on Arkansas Highway 163 just after 9:30 p.m. when she crossed into the southbound lane and hit a vehicle, drvien by Brittany Smith, head-on. Yates was killed in the crash. Smith was taken to a hospital in Jonesboro in unknown condition. More details are still emerging about this accident. Check back for updates.
At around 8 p.m. at the Village Park South Apartments in the 2500 block of East Street, a car crashed into the kitchen of one of the apartments. The one person inside the building was not injured, and the woman and young child inside the car were examined by paramedics. No word on what caused the crash. The apartment is no longer considered liveable.