Arkansas Department of Public Service
Summaries for Year 2006
Fatal #: 101     Operator #: BILL CLAY
Accident #: 94     Station Sending: TROOP - A     #(1) Deceased     #(0) Injured
Date of Crash: 03/03/2006     Time: 10:53 pm     Location: I-30 W @ 124 MM
City: BRYANT     County: SALINE

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #) Age City M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
RONALD L. KETCHUM (1) 07/25/1946 BONNERDALE, ARKANSAS M X
Additional Deceased
 

Injured

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

Vehicles

Vehicle
Year
Direction
Hwy.
1. FORD PK TK
2000
WEST
I-30
2. PONT SUNFIRE
1998
WEST
I-30
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative:
V-2 WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST AND APPROACHED V-1 FROM BEHIND. IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT V-2 SWERVED TO THE LEFT AT THE LAST MOMENT, THEN LOST CONTROL AND OVERCORRECTED, V-2 THEN SWERVED BACK INTO V-1, CAUSING V-1 TO OVERTURN SEVERAL TIMES, AND EJECTING THE DRIVER OF V-1. A PASSENGER IN V-1, KERI GRISWELL (DAUGHTER), DOB-09/21/78 FROM TEXAS, WAS NOT INJURED. THE DRIVER OF V-2, TULSA JAMES COLLINS, DOB-10-09-85, OF BENTON, WAS NOT INJURED. THE VICTIM WAS AIR LIFTED BY MED-FLIGHT TO BAPTIST HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED.
Weather Condition: CLEAR Road Condition: DRY
Injured Taken To: BAPTIST, LITTLE ROCK Body Held At: PULASKI COUNTY CORONERS MORGUE
NOK Notified: Yes Investigating Officer: CPL TODD BECKWITH 34 Agency: ARKANSAS STATE POLICE

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