asp-fatal

Fatal #: 209 Operator #: 3802

Accident #: 189 Station Sending: SPTD #(1) Deceased #(0) Injured

Date of Crash: 05/10/2023 Time: 8:00 pm Location: U.S. HIGHWAY 70/E. BROADWAY AVE AT N. 10TH STREET

City: WEST MEMPHIS County: CRITTENDEN

Name (Vehicle #)	Age	City	M/F	Driver	Passenger	Pedestrian
WILLIAM BLAKES ()	55	WEST MEMPHIS	M			X

Additional Deceased

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

Additional Injured

Vehicle

Year

Direction

Hwy.

1. FORD FUSION

2015

WEST

US70/BROADWAY

Additional Vehicles

Initial Narrative: V1 WAS TRAVELING WEST IN THE OUTSIDE LANE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 70/E. BROADWAY AVE. AT THE INTERSECTION OF N. 10TH ST. P1 WAS STANDING ON THE NORTH SHOULDER OF U.S. HIGHWAY 70/E. BROADWAY AVE. JUST WEST OF N. 10TH ST. P1 ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THE SOUTH SIDE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 70/E. BROADWAY AVE. WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE FRONT OF V1. AFTER IMPACT V1 FLED THE SCENE HEADING WEST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 70/E. BROADWAY AVE.
Weather Condition: RAIN	Road Condition: WET
Injured Taken To: REGIONAL ONE HEALTH	Body Held At: CRITTENDEN COUNTY CORONER
NOK Notified: Yes	Investigating Officer: SGT. JERRY SHELTON 225	Agency: WMPD