Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2023
Fatal #: 182     Operator #: 3704
Accident #: 163     Station Sending: SPTL     #(1) Deceased     #(3) Injured
Date of Crash: 04/29/2023     Time: 7:31 pm     Location: STATE HIGHWAY 12
City: RURAL MADISON     County: MADISON

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
ROBIN JERKINS (1) 44 HUNTSVILLE F X
Additional Deceased
 

Injured

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
JASON ROBERTSON (3) 57 SPRINGDALE M X
BRIT SUMTER (3) 41 PRARIE GROVE M X
MINOR (1) Unknown M X
Additional Injured
 

Vehicles

Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. TOYOTA COROLLA
2007
EAST
SH 12
2. GMC SIERRA
2016
WEST
SH 12
3. FORD F-350
2022
WEST
SH 12
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative:
V-1 VEERED LEFT OF CENTER AND STRUCK THE DRIVER SIDE OF V-2'S TRAILER. IMPACT DISABLED V-1'S STEERING AND V-1 CONTINUED TO VEER INTO THE DIRECT PATH OF V-3. V-3 ATTEMPTED TO SWERVE RIGHT TO AVOID V-1. BOTH COLLIDED DRIVER SIDE FRONT CORNER OF EACH VEHICLE. THAT IMPACT CAUSED V-1 TO ROTATE COUNTER-CLOCKWISE AND COME TO REST FACING WEST IN THE EASTBOUND LANE. V-2 RECOVERED CONTROL AND CAME TO REST ON RIGHT SHOULDER FACING WEST. V-3 BECAME DISABLED AND CAME TO REST FACING SOUTH ACROSS BOTH TRAFFIC LANES.
Weather Condition: DRY Road Condition: DRY
Injured Taken To: WASHINGTON REGIONAL AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Body Held At: MADISON COUNTY FUNERAL HOME
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: CPL. TAYLOR S. ELKINS 305 Agency: ASP

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