Two people were killed in separate car wrecks on Thursday, according to the Arkansas State Police.
Wesley Palmer, 20, of Manila died as a result of a wreck on East Highland Drive near Jonesboro around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday.
According to a preliminary crash report, the vehicle Palmer was driving crossed the center left turn lane and struck a Freightliner, which was pushed into another lane, where it struck a third vehicle. One juvenile passenger in the third vehicle was injured.
Additionally, a single-vehicle wreck at 2600 Dave Ward Drive in Conway left a 53-year-old woman dead.
Patricia Williams of Conway was killed when her vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree around 11 a.m., according to a report.
Joseph Flaherty
Joseph Flaherty covers the city of Little Rock for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A graduate of Middlebury College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, he has worked for the newspaper since 2020.
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