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Summaries for Year 2022
Fatal #:
391
Operator #:
3863
Accident #:
354
Station Sending:
SPTD
#(1) Deceased
#(5) Injured
Date of Crash:
08/22/2022
Time:
3:07 pm
Location:
INTERSTATE 40 / 246MM
City:
FOREST CITY
County:
ST FRANCIS
Deceased
Name (Vehicle #)
Age
City
M/F
Driver
Passenger
Pedestrian
ROBERT HEATHCOCK (6)
69
EUTALA OK
M
X
Additional Deceased
Injured
Name (Vehicle #)
Age
City
M/F
Driver
Passenger
Pedestrian
JAMES THOMPSON (4)
60
ATOHA OK
M
X
TAYLOR BRANUM (11)
26
HASELT TX
F
X
MUTHANNA ALZAIDY (8)
36
KNOXVILLE TN
M
X
CARL PRICE (5)
56
MCALLISTER OK
M
X
Additional Injured
NAME: JONATHAN GILL (9) AGE: 32 RESIDENCE: NESBIT MS M/F: M DRIVER: X PASSENGER: PEDESTRIAN:
Vehicles
Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. FREIGHTLINER
2022
EAST
I40
2. HARVISTER
2019
EAST
I40
3. PETERBILT
2018
EAST
I40
4. FREIGHTLINER
2019
EAST
I40
Additional Vehicles
VEHICLE : FREIGHTLINER (5) YEAR: 2019 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I40 VEHICLE : FREIGHTLINER (6) YEAR: 2019 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I40 VEHICLE : KENWORTH (7) YEAR: 2014 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I40 VEHICLE : FREIGHTLINER (8) YEAR: 2017 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I40 VEHICLE : TOYOTA (9) YEAR: 2016 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I40 VEHICLE : DODGE (10) YEAR: 2019 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I40 VEHICLE : JEEP (11) YEAR: 2020 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I-40 VEHICLE : FREIGHTLINER (12) YEAR: 2021 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I-40 VEHICLE : DODGE (13) YEAR: 2019 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I40
Initial Narrative:
V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 WERE TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON I-40 AT 246 MILE MARKER AND WERE BACKED UP DUE PRIOR ACCIDENTS. V1 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON I-40 AT 246 MILE MARKER AND SWERVED INTO LEFT LANE TO AVOID V2 STRIKING V3 IN THE LEFT LANE. IMPACT WITH V3 CAUSED A CHAIN REACTION RESULTING MULTIPLE COLLISIONS INVOLVING V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 AND V13.
Weather Condition:
RAIN
Road Condition:
WET
Injured Taken To:
FORREST CITY MEDICAL CENTER REGIONAL ONE
Body Held At:
ARKANSAS STATE CRIME LAB
NOK Notified:
Yes
Investigating Officer:
TROOPER JOHN J. BUCHER 27
Agency:
ARKANSAS STATE POLICE