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Summaries for Year 2007
Fatal #:
390
Operator #:
DAWSON
Accident #:
346
Station Sending:
SPTH
#(01) Deceased
#(01) Injured
Date of Crash:
08/17/2007
Time:
10:16 pm
Location:
N 6TH ST @ DIVISION STREET
City:
FORT SMITH
County:
SEBASTIAN
Deceased
Name (Vehicle #)
Age
City
M/F
Driver
Passenger
Pedestrian
THOMAS PAUL MCALLISTER (1)
04/10/1975
1216 NORTH 5TH ST., #1, FORT SMITH, AR
M
X
Additional Deceased
Injured
Name (Vehicle #)
Age
City
M/F
Driver
Passenger
Pedestrian
KEN MEISEN (1)
09/07/1974
1216 NORTH 5TH STREET #1, FORT SMITH, AR
M
X
Additional Injured
Vehicles
Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. MERC TRACER
1999
WEST
DIVISION STREET
2. FORD F250 TK
1990
PARKED
N 6TH ST
Additional Vehicles
Initial Narrative:
V-1 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON DIVISION STREET AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN IT FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE AND A STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION. V-1 CROSSED THE STREET, WENT THROUGH A FENCE AND STRUCK A PARKED PICKUP TRUCK. BOTH VEHICLES BURNED. MR. MCALLISTER DIED AS A RESULT OF INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE ACCIDENT. MR. MEISEN, THE DRIVER OF THE CAR, FLED THE SCENE ON FOOT BUT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY A SHORT TIME LATER.
Weather Condition:
CLEAR
Road Condition:
DRY
Injured Taken To:
ST. EDWARD HOSPITAL, FORT SMITH, AR
Body Held At:
SEBASTIAN COUNTY CORONER
NOK Notified:
Yes
Investigating Officer:
SGT. KIRK REDWINE 4090
Agency:
FORT SMITH P.D.
