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Summaries for Year 2023
Fatal #:
409
Operator #:
3802
Accident #:
373
Station Sending:
SPTD
#(1) Deceased
#(1) Injured
Date of Crash:
09/22/2023
Time:
10:40 am
Location:
US HWY 79 S / SECTION 15 MILE 17.83
City:
RURAL LEE
County:
LEE
Deceased
Name (Vehicle #)
Age
City
M/F
Driver
Passenger
Pedestrian
WILLIAM L. GOODSON (1)
85
MARIANNA
M
X
Additional Deceased
Injured
Name (Vehicle #)
Age
City
M/F
Driver
Passenger
Pedestrian
CLIFTON HARRIS (2)
86
MARIANNA
M
X
Additional Injured
Vehicles
Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. TOYOTA TACOMA
2015
SB
79
2. MACK SEMI
2015
SB
79
Additional Vehicles
Initial Narrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON U.S. HIGHWAY 79. V2 WAS ALSO TRAVELING SOUTH ON U.S. HIGHWAY 79 DIRECTLY BEHIND V1. V1 BEGAN TO MAKE A U-TURN CAUSING V2 TO MAKE AN EVASIVE MANEUVER INTO THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 79 TO AVOID CRASHING INTO V1. V1 STRUCK V2 HEAD-ON.
Weather Condition:
CLOUDY
Road Condition:
DRY
Injured Taken To:
FORREST CITY MEDICAL CENTER
Body Held At:
REGIONAL ONE MEDICAL CENTER MEMPHIS TN
NOK Notified:
Yes
Investigating Officer:
TROOPER RICHARD D. SMITH 255
Agency:
ASP
