Two individuals killed Thursday in separate vehicle wrecks
One man and an unidentified minor were killed Thursday in separate wrecks in the area.
Emergency responders from Union and Ashley counties were called just after midnight to the scene of a single-vehicle accident on U.S. 82 in eastern Union County.
Arkansas State Police is investigating the accident and did not release the name of the victim, who was a minor, or his city of residence.
A preliminary accident report indicated that the boy was the driver in the accident.
The accident occurred at 12:01 a.m. near mile marker 10, east of Strong.
Union County Sheriff Ricky Roberts said the sheriff’s office was asked to assist state police and emergency responders from Ashley County.
State police said the boy was traveling west on U.S. 82 when he lost control of his vehicle, a 2006 Ford model, ran off the road and crashed into a tree.
The body was being held in Ashley County Medical Center in Crossett.
An early morning wreck on Highway 167, south of El Dorado, left a 21-year-old Junction City man dead after his vehicle collided with a semitrailer.
According to the Arkansas State Police preliminary fatal crash summary, Calen Summerville was headed south on Junction City Highway at 5:55 a.m. when his vehicle crossed over the center line into the path of a semitrailer. The semitrailer then collided with Summerville’s vehicle in the northbound lane.
The report did not specify how Summerville ended up in the northbound lane and a police representative was unable to specify.
Summerville was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident by Union County Coroner Curtis Butterfield.
Malcolm Braggs, the driver of the semitrailer, 53, of Ruston, Louisiana was treated for his injuries at the Medical Center of South Arkansas.