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Summaries for Year 2008
Fatal #:
46
Operator #:
3720
Accident #:
43
Station Sending:
SPTH
#(1) Deceased
#(1) Injured
Date of Crash:
02/04/2008
Time:
10:25 am
Location:
I-40E @ 23MM
City:
County:
CRAWFORD
Deceased
Name (Vehicle #)
Age
City
M/F
Driver
Passenger
Pedestrian
RICHARD C. LEBOW (V-1)
06/06/1956
OZARK, AR
M
X
Additional Deceased
Injured
Name (Vehicle #)
Age
City
M/F
Driver
Passenger
Pedestrian
MANVEL GARIBYAN (V-2)
05/07/1963
238E SANTA ANA AVE #205
M
X
Additional Injured
Vehicles
Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. FORD CROWN VIC
2006
WEST
I-40
2. VOLVO TTL
2003
WEST
I-40
Additional Vehicles
Initial Narrative:
V-1, OPERATED BY SGT. RICK LEBOW WITH THE ARKANSAS STATE POLICE, WAS WESTBOUND ON I-40 WHEN HIS PATROL CAR CROSSED THE GRASSY MEDIAN FOR REASONS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. AFTER CROSSING THE MEDIAN AND ENTERING THE EASTBOUND LANES THE FRONT OF THE PATROL CAR STRUCK THE FRONT OF V-2 THAT WAS EASTBOUND ON I-40 IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE OF TRAFFIC. V-2 CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED. SGT. LEBOW DIED AT THE SCENE FROM INJURIES CAUSED BY THE ACCIDENT.
Weather Condition:
CLEAR
Road Condition:
DRY
Injured Taken To:
ST. EDWARD'S HOSPITAL-FT. SMITH, AR
Body Held At:
STATE CRIME LAB
NOK Notified:
Yes
Investigating Officer:
SGT. JASON W AARON 250
Agency:
ASP
