Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2022
Fatal #: 427     Operator #: 3766
Accident #: 387     Station Sending: SPTK     #(1) Deceased     #(1) Injured
Date of Crash: 09/23/2022     Time: 1:35 pm     Location: US 270B (MALVERN AVE) BY HOT SPRINGS COUNTRY CLUB
City: HOT SPRINGS     County: GARLAND

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
ROBERT HOWELL (1) 73 HOT SPRINGS M X
Additional Deceased
 

Injured

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
RICHARD WILLIAMS WARRINER JR. (2) 75 HOT SPRINGS M X
Additional Injured
 

Vehicles

Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. TOYOTA TUNDRA
2000
EAST
US 270B
2. CHEVROLET 1500
2005
WEST
US 270B
3. JEEP WRANGLER
2010
WEST
US 270B
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative:
V1 WAS EASTBOUND ON US 270B (MALVERN AVENUE). V2 AND V3 WERE WESTBOUND ON US 270B IN THE LEFT LANE WITH V3 BEHIND V2. V1 CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND STRUCK V2 HEAD-ON. THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT PUSHED V2 BACKWARDS AND THE REAR OF V2 STRUCK THE FRONT OF V3. V1 WENT OFF OF THE ROADWAY AND CONTINUED THROUGH THE GRASS AND STRUCK A TREE WITH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.
Weather Condition: CLEAR Road Condition: DRY
Injured Taken To: N/A Body Held At: SMITH FAMILY FUNERAL HOME
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: OFFICER CYNTHIA HOWERTON 182 Agency: HOT SPRINGS POLICE DEPT

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