I-430 northbound reopens after fatal wreck

Authorities at the scene of a fatal car accident on I-430, Wednesday.
Authorities at the scene of a fatal car accident on I-430, Wednesday.

— One person was killed in a multiple-car wreck on Interstate 430 Wednesday that snarled traffic and sent police looking for a vehicle that may have caused the accident and then left the scene.

One person was killed in a multiple-vehicle wreck on I-430 Wednesday morning

Woman killed in I-430 wreck

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The identity of the woman who was killed, a passenger in a Honda Civic that was traveling south on the interstate near Rodney Parham Road, has not been released.

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Arkansas State Police Capt. Keith Eremea said the Civic veered out of control from the southbound fast lane when a white van moved into its area from the center lane.

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Vehicles at the scene of a fatal three-car accident on I-430, Wednesday.

That sent the Civic across the grassy median and into the northbound lanes, where it collided with an oncoming Honda Accord and split in two pieces. The woman was ejected and the driver, her husband, suffered serious injuries but is expected to survive.

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Authorities at the scene of a fatal car accident on I-430, Wednesday.

The Accord "exploded," Eremea said, and then hit a Chevy Impala, with both vehicles crashing off the right side of the road. Both drivers suffered injuries believed to be non-lifethreatening.

Eremea said police have the license plate number of the white vehicle and have located the driver.

"She should have remained on scene," he said. "It's a crime if they were in an accident and they did not render aid. We've got somebody who was killed."

The road remained closed to all northbound traffic as late as 9 a.m. and has since re-opened.

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