Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2023
Fatal #: 426     Operator #: 3802
Accident #: 389     Station Sending: SPTH     #(1) Deceased     #(0) Injured
Date of Crash: 10/04/2023     Time: 5:22 pm     Location: 6339 WEST HWY 28
City: RURAL SCOTT     County: SCOTT

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
THOMAS GEORGE ECKLE (1) 58 WALDRON AR M X
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Injured

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
No injured listed
Additional Injured
 

Vehicles

Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. JEEP
2012
WEST
SH 28
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Initial Narrative:
V-1 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON STATE HIGHWAY 28 WEST WHEN FOR REASONS UNKNOWN IT VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND ENTERED THE DITCH ON THE NORTH SIDE. V-1 CONTINUED TO TRAVEL IN THE DITCH FOR APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET BEFORE COLLIDING WITH A CULVERT AND OVERTURNING. AFTER OVERTURNING SEVERAL TIMES THE VEHICLE REENTERED THE ROAD AND CAME TO A STOP FACING SOUTH PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTING THE EASTBOUND LANE OF TRAFFIC. THE OPERATOR OF V-1 WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE SCENE.
Weather Condition: CLOUDY Road Condition: WET
Injured Taken To: N/A Body Held At: SCOTT COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: TRP LOGAN HATCHER 84 Agency: ASP

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