Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2005
Fatal #: 529     Operator #: BILL CLAY
Accident #: 476     Station Sending: TROOP - L     #(1) Deceased     #(0) Injured
Date of Crash: 10/23/2005     Time: 2:18 am     Location: US 62, 1 MI. E. OF THE BENTON COUNTY LINE
City:     County: CARROLL

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
WILLIAM WALKER (1) 02/12/1946 WEST FORK, AR M X
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Injured

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

Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. KENWORTH TRACTOR TRAILER
2000
EAST
US 62
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Initial Narrative:
V-1 DRIVER FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE. THE VEHICLE, (A TANKER TRAILER OF GASOLINE) LEFT THE ROADWAY STRIKING A POWER POLE AND A TREE. THE TANKER EXPLODED CATCHING IT AND THE TRUCK ON FIRE AND BURNED. WALKER WAS INJURED AND AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL IN TULSA WHERE HE LATER DIED.
Weather Condition: RAINING Road Condition: WET
Injured Taken To: HILLCREST MEDICAL, TULSA, OK Body Held At: PENDING
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: CORPORAL KEVIN TREVATHAN 150 Agency: ASP

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