Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2023
Fatal #: 373-374     Operator #: 3848
Accident #: 340     Station Sending: SPTG     #(2) Deceased     #(1) Injured
Date of Crash: 09/03/2023     Time: 10:15 pm     Location: INTERSTATE 30 WESTBOUND 23 MM
City: HOPE     County: HEMPSTEAD

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
JERALD JONES (1) 35 TEXARKANA M X
SHUNDREKIA HILL (1) 44 TEXARKANA F X
Additional Deceased
 

Injured

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
MINOR () Unknown X
Additional Injured
 

Vehicles

Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. HONDA
2017
WEST
INTERSTATE 30
2. VOLVO
2019
WEST
INTERSTATE 30
3. VOLVO
2024
WEST
INTERSTATE 30
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative:
V-1 V-2 AND V-3 WERE TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON INTERSTATE 30. THE ROADWAY WAS HEAVILY SATURATED DUE TO RAIN. V1 ATTEMPTED TO PASS V-2 AND V-3 IN THE LEFT LANE. V-1 LOST CONTROL AND BEGAN ROTATING IN THE LANES. THE FRONT OF V-1 COLLIDED WITH THE DRIVER-SIDE OF V-2'S TRAILER CAUSING V-1 TO BECOME HUNG UNDER THE TRAILER. V-3 COLLIDED WITH THE PASSENGER-SIDE OF V-1. AFTER THE COLLISION V-1 CAME TO FINAL REST LODGED UNDER V-2'S TRAILER IN THE RIGHT LANE. V-3 CAME TO FINAL REST ON THE NORTH SHOULDER OF THE WESTBOUND LANES.
Weather Condition: RAIN Road Condition: WET
Injured Taken To: CHRISTUS ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL Body Held At: HEMPSTEAD COUNTY MORGUE
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: TRP JACOB HAYNIE #137 Agency: ARKANSAS STATE POLICE

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