Wrecks on state
highways kill two
A Pope County man died Saturday from injuries he suffered in a Friday crash and a Cecil man died after his car struck an oncoming truck Monday night, according to Arkansas State Police crash reports.
Mack Stephens, 59, of 259 East Gum Log Road in Russellville was traveling west on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle when it left the road on Arkansas 326 in Russellville.
The motorcycle struck a road sign and a tree, and Stephens was thrown from the motorcycle. He was taken to UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock, where he died from his injuries Saturday afternoon.
On Monday night, Evan Langston, 25, of 301 Berkley Road in Cecil was driving west on Arkansas 22 through Ratcliff when his truck crossed the centerline and hit a 2000 Chevrolet truck.
Langston was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver and passenger in the Chevrolet, Nicholas Weatherford, 26, of Dardanelle and Dedra Langston, 53, of Ozark were injured and taken to a local hospital for medical treatment. The Langstons are not related.
- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
UAMS says doctor violated policy
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences resident physician who was terminated in 2010 kept some patient lists and notes, breaching the confidential data of about 1,500 patients, the hospital said Monday.
Nasrin Fatemi produced the documents on Oct.
9 as part of her lawsuit against UAMS regarding her termination from a residency program.
In violation of hospital policies, she kept documents from January 2010 to June 2010 that contained patient names, partial addresses, medical record numbers, dates of birth, ages, locations of care, dates of service, diagnoses, medications, surgical and other procedure names, and laboratory results.
No Social Security, bank account, or credit card numbers were included with this information, the hospital said.
UAMS is notifying affected patients by mail and through its website.
On Nov. 7, UAMS became aware that additional documents the resident kept had been provided to UAMS attorneys. The records arenow protected by a court order, which prevents them from becoming a public record and will prevent anyone from further using or disclosing the documents.
The resident also assured UAMS under oath that she did not share the documents with anyone except her attorneys, with whom she has a business associate agreement that specifically protects this information, the hospital said.
Patients who believe their information may have been included and have questions may visit www.uamshealth.
com/breach or call a toll-free hotline at (888) 729-2755.
- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Remains likely
Stephens man’s
MAGNOLIA - Authorities in south Arkansas said remains discovered by a hunter in Columbia County likely belong to an elderly man who disappeared in March.
Ouachita County Sheriff David Norwood said investigators believe the remains belong to Grady Arnold, 77, who walked away from his home in Stephens on March 21.
The sheriff said authorities are awaiting DNA results to identify the remains.
The Banner-News reported that a deer hunter discovered the bones Friday afternoon as he was coming out of his deer stand in a heavily wooded area in Columbia County.
Norwood said the remains were found about 12 miles from where Arnold was last seen and in the area where Arnold was born and raised.
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESSRetrial over lottery ticket starts Dec. 6
SEARCY - The case over who owns a winning $1 million Arkansas lottery ticket is set to go to trial next week.
A judge heard pretrial motions Tuesday in the lawsuit filed by Sharon Duncan, who said she bought the lottery ticket but threw it away after a scanner said it wasn’t a winner.
Sharon Jones plucked the ticket from a convenience store trash can and claimed the jackpot. Earlier this year, a judge ruled that Duncan is entitled to the jackpot, but he later ordered a new trial.
Store manager Lisa Petriches is also a plaintiff in the suit.
Trial is set to begin Dec.
The Daily Citizen reports that defense attorneys won’t be able to present some information to the jury that was heard in the first trial.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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