Pete Richardson, Lafayette County Chief Deputy Sheriff, killed, three others injured, taken to hospital, after a 3-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 82 near Lewisville.

Modified Date: 
Wed, 09/24/2014 - 11:26am
Accident Date: 
Sunday, March 16, 2014

Oklahoma man jailed in Ark. deputy’s death.

Authorities say an Oklahoma man has been jailed on a second-degree murder charge in the traffic death of a southwest Arkansas sheriff’s deputy.

Deputy sheriff killed in 3-car crash.

A deputy sheriff was killed in a three-vehicle crash in southwestern Arkansas.

A deputy sheriff was killed in a three-vehicle crash in southwestern Arkansas.

Lafayette County Chief Deputy Sheriff Pete Richardson died Monday afternoon after the jeep he was driving collided with an oncoming vehicle on U.S. Highway 82 west of Lewisville, Ark.

Richardson was driving westbound with a passenger when he hit an oncoming vehicle. That vehicle then hit a tractor-trailer rig.

Drivers of those two vehicles as well as the passenger in the jeep were injured and transported to nearby hospitals.

Authorities continue to investigate the accident.

Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Pete Richardson
Michael Lee Ackart
Roadway: 
U.S. Highway 82

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