Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2023
Fatal #: 465     Operator #: 3863
Accident #: 424     Station Sending: SPTH     #(1) Deceased     #(3) Injured
Date of Crash: 10/28/2023     Time: 11:21 am     Location: INTERSTATED 40WB 35MM
City: OZARK     County: FRANKLIN

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
JOHN OTIS LEE OWEN (1) 29 ATLANTA GA M X
Additional Deceased
NAME: () AGE: UNKNOWN RESIDENCE: M/F: DRIVER: PASSENGER: PEDESTRIAN: NAME: () AGE: UNKNOWN RESIDENCE: M/F: DRIVER: PASSENGER: PEDESTRIAN:

Injured

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
CALAB RENARD WARD (1) 28 ATLANTA GA M X
JALEN JUWAUN QUYION WARD (1) 30 CLARKSTON GA M X
QUANTRELL D. BECHK JR. (1) 26 ATLANTA GA M X
Additional Injured
 

Vehicles

Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. CHEVROLET
2021
WEST
INTERSTATE 40
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON INTERSTATE 40 NEAR MILEMARKER 35. WHILE NAVIGATING A LEFT-HAND CURVE V1 BEGAN TO HYDROPLANE AND VEERED ACROSS THE RIGHT FOG LINE LEAVING THE NORTHSIDE OF THE ROADWAY. V1 COLLIDED WITH A CONCRETE CULVERT AND A TREE BEFORE ROLLING ONTO ITS PASSENGER SIDE.
Weather Condition: RAIN Road Condition: WET
Injured Taken To: MERCY AND BAPTIST HEALTH IN FORT SMITH Body Held At: FRANKLIN CO CORONER
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: TRP RONALD ELKINS 486 Agency: ARKANSAS STATE POLICE

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