Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2009
Fatal #: 35     Operator #: 3863
Accident #: 33     Station Sending: SPTH     #(1) Deceased     #(1) Injured
Date of Crash: 01/30/2009     Time: 4:19 pm     Location: 900 SH 348
City:     County: CRAWFORD

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
CAROL LISA WHITED (1) 10/21/1960 420 LAKEWOOD CR. VAN BUREN X
Additional Deceased
 

Injured

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
KENNETH D. COX (2) 09/03/1952 4418 OLIVER SPRINGS RD. RUDY AR M X
Additional Injured
 

Vehicles

Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. CADILLAC
2004
EAST
348
2. CHEVY
1980
WEST
348
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative:
V-1 WAS EASTBOUND ON SH 348.FOR UNKNOWN REASONS DRIVER RAN OFF THE ROAD TO THE RIGHT.DRIVER V1 OVERCORRECTED BACK ACROSS BOTH LANES OF TRAFFIC AND ONTO THE NORTHSIDE SHOULDER.DRIVER V1 THEN OVERCORREDTED TO THE RIGHT AND ENTERED A SIDEWAYS SLIDE IN THE ONCOMING LANE IF TRAFFIC INTO YHE PATH OF WESTBOUND V2. V2 SERIOUSLY IMPACTED THE LEFT SIDE OF V1 WITH ITS FRONT.WHITED WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT SCENE.
Weather Condition: CLEAR Road Condition: DRY
Injured Taken To: ST. EDWARDS MERCY MEDICAL CENTER FORT SMITH Body Held At: BEASLEYS MORTUARY
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: TRP. PATRICK A SCHMIDT 604 Agency: ASP TROOP H

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