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Fatal #: 532       Operator #: 3844  
Accident #: 480     Station Sending SPTD     #(1) Deceased   #(2) Injured
Date of Crash: 12/02/2024   Time of Crash: 5:53am   Location: HWY 49 @ MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE  
City: HELENA   County: PHILLIPS    
 
Deceased
Name (Vehicle #) Age City of Residence M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
WILLIE M. POINTER (1)   71   POLPAR GROVE   M   X      
             
Additional Deceased
 
INJURED
Name (Vehicle #) Age City of Residence M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
FERNANDO ACALA (2)   28   MEMPHIS TN   M   X      
ERIC RODRIGUEZ (2)   30   MEMPHIS TN   M     X    
             
Additional Injured
 
Vehicle Year Direction Hwy. Vehicle Year Direction Hwy.
1. NISSAN ALTIMA 2007 SOUTH HWY 49 2. DODGE CHARGER 2012 NORTH HWY 49
3. DODGE CHARGER 2014 NORTH HWY 49
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative     V-1 WAS SOUTHBOUND V-2 AND V-3 WERE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND. V-2 TRAVELED INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE AND IMPACTED V-1. AFTER THE INITIAL IMPACT V-3 IMPACTED V-2.   
 
Weather Condition:   FREEZING FOG  Road Condition:   ICY 
 
Injured Taken To:    MEMPHIS REGIONAL ONE   Body Held At:    PHILLIPS COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE  
 
NOK Notified  Yes Investigating Officer:  CPL. DAMON DOBSON #404 Agency:  ASP

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