Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2020
Fatal #: 229     Operator #: 8302
Accident #: 211     Station Sending: BCSO     #(1) Deceased     #(0) Injured
Date of Crash: 06/08/2020     Time: 4:27 pm     Location: 18716 GANN RIDGE RD.
City: GARFIELD     County: BENTON COUNTY

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
JASON WARD DEGROFF (1) 39 PEA RIDGE M X
Additional Deceased
 

Injured

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
RICHEY LEE DAVIDSON (2) 40 LEAD HILL M X
Additional Injured
 

Vehicles

Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. SUZUKI MOTORCYCLE
1996
WEST
GANN RIDGE RD.
2. GMC SIERRA
2015
EAST
GANN RIDGE RD.
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative:
2015 GMC SIERRA PULLING A FLATBED TRAILER LOADED WITH TWO (2) BRAND NEW JOHN DEER YARD TRACTORS WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON GANN RIDGE RD. AS THE GMC WAS APPROACHING A CURVE IN THE ROAD THE 1996 SUZUKI MOTORCYCLE WAS HEADING WESTBOUND ON GANN RIDGE ROAD APPROACHING THE SAME CURVE AND COLLIDED WITH THE CENTER OF THE GMC SIERRA IN THE EASTBOUND LANE. DRIVER OF THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO NORTH WEST MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD.
Weather Condition: CLEAR Road Condition: DRY
Injured Taken To: N/A Body Held At: SISCO FUNERAL HOME (PEA RIDGE)
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: DET. LYLE C CHANDLER 217 Agency: BCSO

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