Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2023
Fatal #: 355     Operator #: 3715
Accident #: 322     Station Sending: SPTH     #(1) Deceased     #(1) Injured
Date of Crash: 08/25/2023     Time: 11:27 am     Location: INTERSTATE 49 SOUTH
City: CHESTER     County: CRAWFORD

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
BRIAN EUGENE GUSTIN (1) 52 AURORA MO M X
Additional Deceased
 

Injured

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
JENNIFER ELIZABETH GUSTIN (1) 34 AURORA MO F X
Additional Injured
 

Vehicles

Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE
2023
SOUTH
I49
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative:
V1 A TRIKE MOTORCYCLE WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON INTERSTATE 49 IN THE RIGHT LANE. THE DRIVER OF THE V1 WAS EXPERIENCING AN UNKNOWN MEDICAL CONDITION AND LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. V1 TRAVELED OFF THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND IMPACTED SEVERAL SMALL TREES AS IT ROLLED DOWN A CONCRETE DITCH. V1 ENCOUNTERED A STEEP EMBANKMENT AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE EJECTED. V1 CONTINUED ROLLING SOUTH FOR A TOTAL OF 758 FEET FROM THE TIME IT LEFT THE ROADWAY TO FINAL REST.
Weather Condition: CLEAR Road Condition: DRY
Injured Taken To: MERCY HOSPITAL FT. SMITH AR Body Held At: CRAWFORD COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: TFC SHAWN ELLIS 348 Agency: ARKANSAS STATE HOSPITAL

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