Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2023
Fatal #: 470     Operator #: 3818
Accident #: 429     Station Sending: SPTD     #(1) Deceased     #(0) Injured
Date of Crash: 10/29/2023     Time: 9:15 pm     Location: SOUTH AVALON STREET AND AUBURN AVENUE
City: WEST MEMPHIS     County: CRITTENDEN

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
JAMES LEE GILMER SR. () 64 WEST MEMPHIS ARKANSAS 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. VOLVO
2016
NORTH
S. AVALON ST.
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Initial Narrative:
V1 WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON S. AVALON AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH AUBURN ST. P1 WAS RIDING HIS BIKE IN THE ROADWAY JUST OFF THE SIDEWALK ON S. AVALON AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH AUBURN ST. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS V1 FAILED TO SEE P1. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE FRONT OF V1 TO STRIKE THE BACK OF P1. V1 THEN FLED THE SCENE.
Weather Condition: RAIN Road Condition: WET
Injured Taken To: REGIONAL ONE MEMPHIS TN Body Held At: CRITTENDEN COUNTY CORONERS OFFICE
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: LT. B. GARDNER #212 Agency: WEST MEMPHIS PD

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