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Fatal #: 296       Operator #: 3765  
Accident #: 272     Station Sending SPTA     #(1) Deceased   #(0) Injured
Date of Crash: 08/12/2018   Time of Crash: 02:00am   Location: I-40 WEST 127MM  
City: CONWAY   County: FAULKNER    
 
Deceased
Name (Vehicle #) Age City of Residence M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
KENNITH WELDON-TRASE ELLIS (2)   33   LESLIE AR   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. NISSAN 1986 WEST I-40 2. FORD 1998 PARKED I-40
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative     THE DRIVER OF VEHICLE ONE WAS WEST BOUND ON INTERSTATE 40 NEAR MILE MARKER 127. VEHICLE TWO WAS PARKED ON THE SHOULDER OF THE 127-MILE MARKER ENTRANCE RAMP TO I-40 WEST FROM OAK STREET. VEHICLE TWO WAS A SERVICE TRUCK PARKED THERE FOR A DISABLED TRACTOR TRAILER. A NON-MOTORIST ON THE SCENE WAS A SERVICE WORKER WHOM JUST FINISHED REPAIRING A FLAT TIRE ON THE TRACTOR TRAILER. VEHICLE TWO FACED THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC WHILE IT WAS PARKED. VEHICLE ONE TRAVELED FROM THE RIGHT LANE AND ENTERED THE WEST BOUND ENTRANCE RAMP. VEHICLE ONE THEN STRUCK THE NON-MOTORIST AND VEHICLE TWO.   
 
Weather Condition:   CLEAR  Road Condition:   DRY 
 
Injured Taken To:    UAMS   Body Held At:    PULASKI COUNTY CORONER  
 
NOK Notified  Yes Investigating Officer:  TRPTOM SWEENEY 520 Agency:  ASP

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