Driver dies after vehicle hits tree

— A Heber Springs man died Thursday after the vehicle he was driving hit a tree in Tumbling Shoals in Cleburne County, according to a preliminary Arkansas State Police fatality accident report.

About 12:55 a.m., Melton Wiedeman, 54, was northbound on Arkansas 25 in a 2001 Chevrolet Blazer, when the vehicle veered off the road while negotiating a curve, state police said. The Blazer hit the tree, and Wiedeman died of crash injuries, the report said.

Arkansas, Pages 12 on 02/15/2013

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