LAKE VILLAGE, AR – Authorities are investigating a collision in Lake Village that killed two people on Thanksgiving morning, according to a report by SEARK Today.
The accident occurred near the intersection of U.S. 65 and U.S. 82 west at about 7:40 a.m. The Arkansas State Police said 26-year-old Karena M. Everett of Pine Bluff was driving a Hyundai when she failed to yield at a red light. The Hyundai collided head-on with a northbound Peterbilt truck that was making a left turn with a green arrow onto U.S. 82.
Everett and her passenger, 23-year-old Diamante Estrellas of Little Rock, both sustained fatal injuries. State police said the roads were wet during rainy weather at the time of the crash.