Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2005
Fatal #: 321     Operator #: 3802
Accident #: 286     Station Sending: SPTL     #(1) Deceased     #(2) Injured
Date of Crash: 07/07/2005     Time: 823 pm     Location: I-540NB
City: ROGERS     County: BENTON

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
GERTRUDE SIMPSON (1) 09/05/1932 RR1 NOVELTY, MO F X
Additional Deceased
 

Injured

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
RILEY LOVE (1) 05/12/1997 PO BOX 441 QUEEN, MO F X
TAYLOR LOVE (1) 07/17/1992 PO BOX 441 QUEEN, MO F X
Additional Injured
 

Vehicles

Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. FORD TAU
2004
NORTH
I-540
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative:
VEHICLE 1 WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON I-540 IN THE RIGHT LANE DIRECTLY BEHIND AN UNKNOWN VEHICLE TOWING A TRAILER. A PIECE OF PLYWOOD FELL FROM THE TRAILER. DRIVER OF VEHICLE 1, IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE OBJECT, SWERVED TO THE LEFT, LOST CONTROL, SKIDDED COUNTERCLOCKWISE AND STRUCK A SMALL RISE IN THE CONCRETE AT THE END OF AN OVERPASS. VEHICLE 1 OVERTURNED SEVERAL TIMES EJECTING THE VICTIM. THE DRIVER OF VEHICLE 1, WHO WAS NOT INJURED, WAS JOYCE SIMPSON DOB/7-13-49 OF GIBBS, MO.
Weather Condition: CLEAR Road Condition: DRY
Injured Taken To: NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER Body Held At: NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: TRP MIKE MORGAN 254 Agency: ASP

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