Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Wrecks claim lives of 2 motorcycli­sts; girl dies after crash.

- JOSH SNYDER AND GAVIN LESNICK

Two motorcylis­ts died in separate accidents Saturday, authoritie­s said.

Also, a girl who was injured in an accident on July 20 has died, authoritie­s said Monday.

A 40-year-old motorcycli­st died on Saturday after colliding with a passenger car in northeast Arkansas, police said.

Ronnie Letner was riding a motorcycle south on Red Wolf Boulevard in Jonesboro when he struck a passenger car heading east at the Creek Drive intersecti­on, according to a Facebook post by the Jonesboro Police Department. Both Letner and 57-year-old Ricky Howard, the car’s driver, were taken to area hospitals, the post stated.

Police said Letner died of his injuries at St. Bernards Medical Center later that day.

A 24-year-old man suffered fatal injuries after his motorcycle collided with a deer Saturday in Northwest Arkansas, authoritie­s said.

Shortly after noon, Cody Easley of Siloam Springs was riding a Honda motorcycle east on Bozarth Cemetery Road northwest of Gentry when the vehicle hit a deer, according to an Arkansas State Police report.

Easley was thrown from the motorcycle. He was taken to Washington Regional Medical Center and later died, the report said.

A girl injured earlier this month in a single-vehicle crash in central Arkansas has died, authoritie­s said.

The youth, whose name and age were not released, was driving a 2002 Ford Ranger east on East Cleland Road west of Cabot on July 20 when the wreck happened, according to a preliminar­y report provided by Arkansas State Police.

The pickup drifted onto the shoulder and she overcorrec­ted, the report states. The vehicle then left the road and struck a tree.

The driver was taken to Arkansas Children’s Hospital for treatment, where she later died, the report states. The Pulaski County coroner’s office wasn’t immediatel­y able to confirm the date of her death.

Authoritie­s described conditions as clear and dry at the time of the crash.

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