Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2024
Fatal #: 10     Operator #: 3818-CLAY
Accident #: 10     Station Sending: TROOP-K     #(1) Deceased     #(1) Injured
Date of Crash: 01/12/2024     Time: 1:35 pm     Location: HIGHWAY 71 @ MORROW STREET
City: MENA     County: POLK

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
GLORIA STRONG (2) 68 F X
Additional Deceased
 

Injured

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
BRUCE STRONG (2) 75 MENA ARKANSAS M X
Additional Injured
 

Vehicles

Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. HONDA CRV
2015
NORTH
71
2. DODGE RAM PK
2015
NORTH
71
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative:
V1 PULLED ONTO US HIGHWAY 71 TO GO NORTHBOUND. V2 WAS SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 71 WHEN V2 PULLED ONTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANES THE VEHICLES THEN MADE CONTACT. VEHICLE #2 CONTINUED TRAVELING NORTHBOUND FLIPPING OVER ONE AND A HALF TIMES AND FINALLY COMING TO A REST ON HIGHWAY 71. PASSENGER GLORIA STRONG WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED ON 1/13/2024 AT 9:11PM BY DR. BRETT CLAYTON MD AT CHI ST. VINCENT - HOT SPRINGS.
Weather Condition: CLEAR Road Condition: DRY
Injured Taken To: ST VINCENT HOSPITAL HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS Body Held At: GARLAND COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: PTL. JESSIE CURRY Agency: MENA POLICE DEPARTMENT

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