Rail-car accident kills worker at mill

ASHDOWN -- An Arkansas woman was killed in a rail-car accident at a paper mill in Ashdown.

Velma Marie Perkins, 52, died Friday at the scene of the accident at Domtar Corp.'s plant in Ashdown, the Little River County coroner's office said. Perkins was an equipment helper in the shipping department.

Details were not released. Domtar spokesman Tammy Waters said the company was working with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and local officials to investigate the accident, and counselors were sent to the site.

Domtar said Perkins had worked for the company since 1991.

Metro on 09/20/2015

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