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Fatal #: 464       Operator #: 3844  
Accident #: 422     Station Sending TROOP-D     #(1) Deceased   #(0) Injured
Date of Crash: 09/11/2005   Time of Crash: 6:33pm   Location: I-40 EB 267 MM, CRITTENDEN COUNTY  
City: WEST MEMPHIS   County: CRITTENDEN    
 
Deceased
Name (Vehicle #) Age City of Residence M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
MARK W. CARTHRON ((PED))   12/26/1973   WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS   M       X  
             
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INJURED
Name (Vehicle #) Age City of Residence M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
             
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Vehicle Year Direction Hwy. Vehicle Year Direction Hwy.
1. FORD POLICE CAR 2001 EAST I-40
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Initial Narrative     V-1 WAS IN PURSUIT OF A STOLEN VEHICLE ON I-40 EASTBOUND. THE VICTIM (TROOPER CARTHRON) WAS NEAR THE 267 MM OVERPASS ATTEMPTING TO DEPLOY STOP STICKS. TROOPER CARTHRON RAN INTO THE INTERSTATE THROWING HIS STOP STICKS AND THEN REMAINED ON THE ROAD. THE DRIVER OF V-1 (TROOPER DARRELL ASTIN) THEN STRUCK TROOPER CARTHRON IN THE INSIDE LANE OF I-40 NEAREST THE MEDIAN. TROOPER CARTHRON WAS THEN AIR-LIFTED TO THE MED CTR IN MEMPHIS WERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL.  
 
Weather Condition:   CLEAR  Road Condition:   DRY 
 
Injured Taken To:    THE MED CTR, MEMPHIS TN   Body Held At:    ELVIS PRESLEY TRAUMA, MEMPHIS TN  
 
NOK Notified  Yes Investigating Officer:  CPL.SHELBY L. CLARK, #246 Agency:  ARKANSAS STATE POLICE

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