Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2024
Fatal #: 70     Operator #: 3819
Accident #: 66     Station Sending: SPTC     #(1) Deceased     #() Injured
Date of Crash: 03/02/2024     Time: 7:44 pm     Location: STATE HIGHWAY 135/STATE HIGHWAY 136
City: RURAL POINSETT     County: POINSETT

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
RAYMOND MURPHY (2) 80 CARAWAY M X
Additional Deceased
 

Injured

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
RICHARD BEAUDETTE (1) 34 OSCEOLA M X
MINOR (1) Unknown X
Additional Injured
 

Vehicles

Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. TOYOTA PRIUS
2021
S
135
2. NISSAN FRONTIER
2003
N
135
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative:
V1 A WHITE TOYOTA PRIUS WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON STATE HIGHWAY 135 APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE HIGHWAY 136. V2 A TAN NISSAN FRONTIER WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON STATE HIGHWAY 136 AT THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE HIGHWAY 136. V1 CROSSED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND STRUCK V2 IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION. BOTH VEHICLES SPUN IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION AFTER THE COLLISION. V1 LEFT THE ROADWAY TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO FINAL REST IN A DITCH. V2 BECAME DISABLED IN THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF TRAFFIC.
Weather Condition: CLEAR Road Condition: DRY
Injured Taken To: RONC/LBCH Body Held At: DELANCEY FUNERAL HOME
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: CPL LOGAN G HALL 422 Agency: ASP

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