Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2018
Fatal #: 296     Operator #: 3765
Accident #: 272     Station Sending: SPTA     #(1) Deceased     #(0) Injured
Date of Crash: 08/12/2018     Time: 2:00 am     Location: I-40 WEST 127MM
City: CONWAY     County: FAULKNER

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
KENNITH WELDON-TRASE ELLIS (2) 33 LESLIE 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. NISSAN
1986
WEST
I-40
2. FORD
1998
PARKED
I-40
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative:
THE DRIVER OF VEHICLE ONE WAS WEST BOUND ON INTERSTATE 40 NEAR MILE MARKER 127. VEHICLE TWO WAS PARKED ON THE SHOULDER OF THE 127-MILE MARKER ENTRANCE RAMP TO I-40 WEST FROM OAK STREET. VEHICLE TWO WAS A SERVICE TRUCK PARKED THERE FOR A DISABLED TRACTOR TRAILER. A NON-MOTORIST ON THE SCENE WAS A SERVICE WORKER WHOM JUST FINISHED REPAIRING A FLAT TIRE ON THE TRACTOR TRAILER. VEHICLE TWO FACED THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC WHILE IT WAS PARKED. VEHICLE ONE TRAVELED FROM THE RIGHT LANE AND ENTERED THE WEST BOUND ENTRANCE RAMP. VEHICLE ONE THEN STRUCK THE NON-MOTORIST AND VEHICLE TWO.
Weather Condition: CLEAR Road Condition: DRY
Injured Taken To: UAMS Body Held At: PULASKI COUNTY CORONER
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: TRP TOM SWEENEY 520 Agency: ASP

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