PULASKI COUNTY, AR – A pedestrian died after being hit by a vehicle in Pulaski County early Monday morning, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports. The accident happened on Interstate 40 west near the exit for Arkansas 365 shortly before 4:10 a.m. State troopers said 34-year-old John Alvares Ribeiro of Little…
MONTICELLO, AR – Authorities said an elderly woman died after being hit by a vehicle in a store parking lot in Drew County Friday afternoon, reports the Deltaplex News. The accident happened at a Walmart on Highway 425 in Monticello at about 3:00 p.m. The Arkansas State Police said a…
JONESBORO, AR – A man was struck and killed while crossing a busy Jonesboro roadway last Friday night. According to a report by KAIT, 59-year-old Timothy Morgan was hit by an SUV as he stepped into the roadway at Johnson Avenue and Marion Berry Parkway. Morgan was rushed to a…
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR – A woman was fatally hit by a motor vehicle on Pike Avenue last Friday evening, KARK reports. While the exact location of the collision is not mentioned in their reporting, we know that it occurred around 7:30 p.m. on October 1. Police questioned the driver,…
Why Hit and Run Accidents in Arkansas are So Tragic A terrifying pedestrian accident in Arkansas that left one person injured and one in jail represents what a “typical” hit and run in our state looks like. On January 21st of this year, a woman was walking east along Johnson…
An elderly woman was struck and killed by an automobile while crossing the street in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The woman was crossing Wedington Drive in Fayetteville around 6 in the evening when she was first struck by one automobile, then struck again by another vehicle. When EMTs arrived at the scene…
Visibility is a key component in pedestrian accidents in Arkansas. If drivers cannot see pedestrians, it’s often difficult or impossible to avoid them. However, failure to see a pedestrian doesn’t always negate a driver’s legal responsibility and liability in these cases. Indeed, the way Arkansas traffic laws are written, it…
Statistics tell us that a person who drives while reading or sending text messages is 23 more likely to cause or be involved in a crash than other nondistracted drivers. Typically a crash happens, on average, within three seconds once a driver is distracted. A young woman in Fayetteville was hit…
Last month a 28-year-old man was arrested after an extensive search by local police following a hit and run accident in Arkansas. The individual had been involved in a near-fatal accident on January 14th near Fern’s Valley Loop and Arkansas 264. The driver turned himself in after several hours on…
Around 2:30 a.m. this morning a charter bus was found overturned in a ditch near Hot Springs. The bus was carrying the Orange Mound youth all-star football team and chaperones. The driver of the charter bus lost control of the bus, causing it to skid off the roadway, ultimately landing…