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Fatal #: 465       Operator #: 3863  
Accident #: 424     Station Sending SPTH     #(1) Deceased   #(3) Injured
Date of Crash: 10/28/2023   Time of Crash: 11:21am   Location: INTERSTATED 40WB 35MM  
City: OZARK   County: FRANKLIN    
 
Deceased
Name (Vehicle #) Age City of Residence M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
JOHN OTIS LEE OWEN (1)   29   ATLANTA GA   M   X      
             
Additional Deceased
NAME: () AGE: UNKNOWN RESIDENCE: M/F: DRIVER: PASSENGER: PEDESTRIAN: NAME: () AGE: UNKNOWN RESIDENCE: M/F: DRIVER: PASSENGER: PEDESTRIAN:
 
INJURED
Name (Vehicle #) Age City of Residence M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
JALEN JUWAUN QUYION WARD (1)   30   CLARKSTON GA   M     X    
CALAB RENARD WARD (1)   28   ATLANTA GA   M     X    
QUANTRELL D. BECHK JR. (1)   26   ATLANTA GA   M     X    
             
Additional Injured
 
Vehicle Year Direction Hwy. Vehicle Year Direction Hwy.
1. CHEVROLET 2021 WEST INTERSTATE 40
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative     V1 WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON INTERSTATE 40 NEAR MILEMARKER 35. WHILE NAVIGATING A LEFT-HAND CURVE V1 BEGAN TO HYDROPLANE AND VEERED ACROSS THE RIGHT FOG LINE LEAVING THE NORTHSIDE OF THE ROADWAY. V1 COLLIDED WITH A CONCRETE CULVERT AND A TREE BEFORE ROLLING ONTO ITS PASSENGER SIDE.  
 
Weather Condition:   RAIN  Road Condition:   WET 
 
Injured Taken To:    MERCY AND BAPTIST HEALTH IN FORT SMITH   Body Held At:    FRANKLIN CO CORONER  
 
NOK Notified  Yes Investigating Officer:  TRP RONALD ELKINS 486 Agency:  ARKANSAS STATE POLICE

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