Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2023
Fatal #: 147     Operator #: 3877
Accident #: 133     Station Sending: SPTB     #(1) Deceased     #(0) Injured
Date of Crash: 04/11/2023     Time: 5:50 pm     Location: STATE HIGHWAY 13 - WHITE/PRAIRIE COUNTY LINE
City: RURAL WHITE COUNTY     County: WHITE

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
JOHN CATES (1) 58 BEEBE AR M X
Additional Deceased
 

Injured

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
No injured listed
Additional Injured
 

Vehicles

Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. JEEP CHEROKEE
1994
NORTH
CYPRESS LAKE
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON CYPRESS LAKE ROAD. V1 JUST CROSSED INTO WHITE COUNTY FROM PRAIRIE COUNTY. V1 EXITED THE ROADWAY TO THE RIGHT. V1 THEN STRUCK TWO POST SIGNS WHILE CONTINUING THROUGH THE GRASS. V1 THEN OVERTURNED TO THE RIGHT AND TRAVELED INTO A SMALL BODY OF WATER. V1 CAME TO FINAL REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE IN THE BODY OF WATER.
Weather Condition: CLEAR Road Condition: DRY
Injured Taken To: SEARCY MCEUEN FUNERAL HO Body Held At: SEARCY MCEUEN FUNERAL HOME
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: TRP. TRACE C. VROOMAN 403 Agency: ARKANSAS STATE POLICE

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