One dead, two injured in crash on Interstate 49 near Bobby Hopper Tunnel

Lina Portman4 weeks ago

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WINSLOW, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — New information from the Arkansas Department of Public Safety has been released about a fatal crash Friday afternoon on Interstate 49 that prompted a medical helicopter response.

According to DPS, around 4:30 p.m., two vehicles were involved in an accident. Northbound traffic was stopped for about 40 minutes as emergency vehicles blocked the road, according to a report from IDriveArkansas.

A Lowell man and woman were traveling northbound in a 2017 Subaru in the inside lane. A second vehicle, identified as a 1998 Buick, traveling outside collided with the Subaru as it entered the outside lane.

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The Subaru left the roadway to the left, stopping in the central reservation and facing south. The Buick left the roadway to the right and struck a tree, according to the accident report.

The passenger in the Subaru, identified as Benita Aston, 85, did not survive the crash. The drivers of the Subaru and Buick were transported to a hospital in northwest Arkansas.

Conditions were clear and dry at the time of the accident, according to the report.

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