Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2021
Fatal #: 402-403     Operator #: 3703
Accident #: 361     Station Sending: SPTD     #(2) Deceased     #() Injured
Date of Crash: 08/30/2021     Time: 10:29 pm     Location: INTERSTATE 40 WESTBOUND 236 MILE MARKER
City: PALESTINE     County: ST. FRANCIS

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
MINOR (1) Unknown X
COREY BROTHERS (2) 39 WINSTON SALEM NC M X
Additional Deceased
 

Injured

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
YOVANNI GAMARRAS ZAMBRANO (1) 19 HOUSTON TX M X
MARCELO GAMARRAS (1) 50 HOUSTON TX M X
Additional Injured
 

Vehicles

Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. CHEVY SILVERADO
2012
EB
I-40
2. TOYT CAMRY
2021
WB
I-40
3. DODGE RAM 2500
2018
WB
I-40
4. DODGE RAM 3500
2021
WB
I-40
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative:
V1 HYDROPLANED AND ENTERED INTO THE MEDIAN. V1 CONTINUED TRAVELING THROUGH THE MEDIAN STRIKING THE CABLE BARRIER THEN STRIKING V2 HEAD-ON. THE COLLISION BETWEEN V1 AND V2 CAUSED V3 TO STRIKE V2 ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE IMPACT CAUSED V1 TO OVERTURN STRIKING V4.
Weather Condition: RAINY Road Condition: WET
Injured Taken To: FORREST CITY MEDICAL CENTER Body Held At: FORREST CITY MEDICAL CENTER
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: CPL. MATT WEST #273 Agency: ASP

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