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Fatal #: 269       Operator #: 3877  
Accident #: 243     Station Sending SPTF     #(1) Deceased   #(0) Injured
Date of Crash: 07/01/2023   Time of Crash: 6:30pm   Location: STATE HIGHWAY 48  
City: CARTHAGE   County: DALLAS    
 
Deceased
Name (Vehicle #) Age City of Residence M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
LACEDRIC RUTH (1)   24   LEOLA   M   X      
             
Additional Deceased
 
INJURED
Name (Vehicle #) Age City of Residence M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
             
Additional Injured
 
Vehicle Year Direction Hwy. Vehicle Year Direction Hwy.
1. RAM 1500 2017 WEST STATE HWY 48
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative     V1 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON STATE HIGHWAY 48. AS V1 EXITED A LEFT-HAND CURVE IN THE ROADWAY V1 TRAVELED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH A GROUP OF TREES. THEREAFTER V1 OVERTURNED AT LEAST TWO TIMES BEFORE COMING TO FINAL REST ON ITS DRIVER’S SIDE FACING NORTH ALONG THE EASTBOUND ROADSIDE DITCH OF STATE HIGHWAY 48.   
 
Weather Condition:   CLEAR  Road Condition:   DRY 
 
Injured Taken To:    BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-HOT SPRING COUNTY MALVERN AR   Body Held At:    BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-HOT SPRING COUNTY MALVERN AR  
 
NOK Notified  Yes Investigating Officer:  CPL. GREG ROWLAND 524 Agency:  ARKANSAS STATE POLICE

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