Decatur woman dies when car rolls

— A Decatur woman died Wednesday in a one-car accident in Benton County, according to a preliminary Arkansas State Police fatality-accident report.

About 1 p.m., Joan Patterson, 76, was northbound on Arkansas 12 in a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta when she veered off the road and struck a drainage ditch and the car rolled over twice, the report states. Patterson died from injuries suffered in the accident, the report states.

James Patterson, 81, a passenger in the car, was taken to Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville. The extent of his injuries and his condition were not available Thursday.

Arkansas, Pages 16 on 01/11/2013

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