Arkansas Department of Public Safety

Fatal #: 391

Operator #: 3863

Accident #: 354

Station Sending SPTD

#(1) Deceased

#(5) Injured

Date of Crash: 08/22/2022	Time of Crash: 3:07pm	Location: INTERSTATE 40 / 246MM
City: FOREST CITY	County: ST FRANCIS

Deceased

Name (Vehicle #)	Age	City of Residence	M/F	Driver	Passenger	Pedestrian
ROBERT HEATHCOCK (6)	69	EUTALA OK	M	X

Additional Deceased

INJURED

Name (Vehicle #)	Age	City of Residence	M/F	Driver	Passenger	Pedestrian
CARL PRICE (5)	56	MCALLISTER OK	M	X
TAYLOR BRANUM (11)	26	HASELT TX	F	X
MUTHANNA ALZAIDY (8)	36	KNOXVILLE TN	M	X
JAMES THOMPSON (4)	60	ATOHA OK	M	X

Additional Injured

NAME: JONATHAN GILL (9) AGE: 32 RESIDENCE: NESBIT MS M/F: M DRIVER: X PASSENGER: PEDESTRIAN:

Vehicle		Year	Direction	Hwy.	Vehicle		Year	Direction	Hwy.
1.	FREIGHTLINER	2022	EAST	I40	2.	HARVISTER	2019	EAST	I40
3.	PETERBILT	2018	EAST	I40	4.	FREIGHTLINER	2019	EAST	I40

Additional Vehicles

1 VEHICLE : FREIGHTLINER (5) YEAR: 2019 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I40 VEHICLE : FREIGHTLINER (6) YEAR: 2019 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I40 VEHICLE : KENWORTH (7) YEAR: 2014 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I40 VEHICLE : FREIGHTLINER (8) YEAR: 2017 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I40 VEHICLE : TOYOTA (9) YEAR: 2016 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I40 VEHICLE : DODGE (10) YEAR: 2019 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I40 VEHICLE : JEEP (11) YEAR: 2020 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I-40 VEHICLE : FREIGHTLINER (12) YEAR: 2021 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I-40 VEHICLE : DODGE (13) YEAR: 2019 DIRECTION : EAST HWY : I40

Initial Narrative V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 WERE TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON I-40 AT 246 MILE MARKER AND WERE BACKED UP DUE PRIOR ACCIDENTS. V1 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON I-40 AT 246 MILE MARKER AND SWERVED INTO LEFT LANE TO AVOID V2 STRIKING V3 IN THE LEFT LANE. IMPACT WITH V3 CAUSED A CHAIN REACTION RESULTING MULTIPLE COLLISIONS INVOLVING V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 AND V13.

Weather Condition: RAIN		Road Condition: WET

Injured Taken To: FORREST CITY MEDICAL CENTER REGIONAL ONE	Body Held At: ARKANSAS STATE CRIME LAB

NOK Notified Yes	Investigating Officer: TROOPERJOHN J. BUCHER 27	Agency: ARKANSAS STATE POLICE