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Fatal #: 426       Operator #: 3802  
Accident #: 389     Station Sending SPTH     #(1) Deceased   #(0) Injured
Date of Crash: 10/04/2023   Time of Crash: 5:22pm   Location: 6339 WEST HWY 28  
City: RURAL SCOTT   County: SCOTT    
 
Deceased
Name (Vehicle #) Age City of Residence M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
THOMAS GEORGE ECKLE (1)   58   WALDRON AR   M   X      
             
Additional Deceased
 
INJURED
Name (Vehicle #) Age City of Residence M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
             
Additional Injured
 
Vehicle Year Direction Hwy. Vehicle Year Direction Hwy.
1. JEEP 2012 WEST SH 28
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative     V-1 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON STATE HIGHWAY 28 WEST WHEN FOR REASONS UNKNOWN IT VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND ENTERED THE DITCH ON THE NORTH SIDE. V-1 CONTINUED TO TRAVEL IN THE DITCH FOR APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET BEFORE COLLIDING WITH A CULVERT AND OVERTURNING. AFTER OVERTURNING SEVERAL TIMES THE VEHICLE REENTERED THE ROAD AND CAME TO A STOP FACING SOUTH PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTING THE EASTBOUND LANE OF TRAFFIC. THE OPERATOR OF V-1 WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE SCENE.  
 
Weather Condition:   CLOUDY  Road Condition:   WET 
 
Injured Taken To:    N/A   Body Held At:    SCOTT COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE  
 
NOK Notified  Yes Investigating Officer:  TRP LOGAN HATCHER 84 Agency:  ASP

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