Update: AR State Police to Investigate Driver Jumping from Big Rig, Causing Fatal Accident
By: MonticelloLive.com & SEARK Today, KARK 4 News Content Partners
Updated: October 31, 2012
The Arkansas State Police is looking into reports that the driver of a loaded asphalt truck jumped from his vehicle before it collided with five others in Wilmar on Monday.
A Warren woman died in the pileup.
10th Judicial Prosecuting Attorney Thomas Deen has requested that a criminal investigation be conducted into the alleged actions of Bryant R. Childs, 30, of Warren, reports KARK 4 Content Partner MonticelloLive.
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Original story (October 30):
A Bradley County woman was killed and two men were injured Monday in a six vehicle accident on U.S. 278 in Wilmar at a railroad crossing.
It happened just after noon on the east side of the railroad crossing when a gravel truck rounded a curve and hit a line of vehicles, pushing the woman's minivan in between two 18-wheelers.
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