PULASKI COUNTY, AR – One driver died and another was hospitalized after their vehicles collided early Monday in Pulaski County, reports the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
The accident took place on Interstate 40 west at about 12:12 a.m. Arkansas State Police said 38-year-old Allison Fausett Summers was driving a Volkswagen Tiguan when she crashed into the back of a Volkswagen Jetta. The Tiguan overturned and Summers was thrown from the vehicle. Summers, a resident of North Little Rock, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Jetta driver, a 62-year-old Los Angeles man, was hospitalized at UAMS Medical Center. No details were immediately released on the extent of his injuries.
State police said at least 581 people have now died in crashes on Arkansas roads so far in 2021.
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