2 children die in single-vehicle crash

Two Pangburn children were killed and their mother injured Friday afternoon in a single-vehicle wreck in White County, according to an Arkansas State Police accident report.

Jamie Ward, 34, of Pangburn, was driving on Arkansas 16 about 3 miles south of Pangburn around 1:44 p.m. when her 1999 Jeep Wrangler went off the road on the right side, struck a culvert and overturned, ejecting all the occupants, the report states.

Kenneth G. Ward, 7, and Raymond C. Ward, 4, were pronounced dead on the scene and Jamie was taken to the White County Medical Center to be treated for unspecified injuries, according to the report.

Police said conditions in the area were clear and dry.

No further information was immediately available Saturday.

Read the full story in tomorrow’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Correction: Jamie Ward is the mother of Kenneth and Raymond. An earlier version incorrectly stated their relationship.

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