Crash kills driver, hurts 1 near Earle

— A Marion man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Arkansas 149 in Crittenden County on Wednesday afternoon, according to a preliminary Arkansas State Police fatality report.

About 2:03 p.m., Dayquan Johnson, 20, was driving south on the highway about 10 miles north of Earle when he failed to negotiate a curve and his Pontiac G6 left the roadway and overturned.

Johnson was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.

His passenger, Chassidy Brown, 18, of Earle was taken to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis with unspecified injuries.

Arkansas, Pages 14 on 09/07/2012

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