Arkansas funeral set for former Miss America contestant

February 25, 2016 at 11:49 a.m.

by Arkansas Online

In this July 6, 2013 photo, Miss New Jersey Cara McCollum waves during the annual Randolph Freedom Fest Parade in Randolph, N.J. McCollum, who was critically injured in a car crash on a New Jersey highway last week, died at Cooper University Hospital early Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. Her family says in a Facebook post that she died with her family by her side in an operating room. (Bob Karp/The Daily Record via AP)
In this July 6, 2013 photo, Miss New Jersey Cara McCollum waves during the annual Randolph Freedom Fest Parade in Randolph, N.J. McCollum, who was critically injured in a car crash on a New Jersey highway last week, died at Cooper University Hospital early Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. Her family says in a Facebook post that she died with her family by her side in an operating room. (Bob Karp/The Daily Record via AP)

An Arkansas funeral is planned for a former Miss America contestant originally from Forrest City.

Cara McCollum died Monday from injuries sustained in a one-vehicle crash on a New Jersey highway a week earlier.

The funeral is set for 2 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church, 101 S. Izard St. in Forrest City, according to the Prayers for Cara Facebook page. The page had earlier posted updates about McCollum's condition after the wreck.

McCollum was a graduate of Princeton University and competed in the 2013 Miss America pageant after being named Miss New Jersey that year.

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