Arkansas woman dies after vehicle drives into ditch, hits fence

A Prairie Grove woman died after losing control of her vehicle this week on a road in Washington County, Arkansas State Police said.

The single-vehicle crash happened at 4:39 p.m. Wednesday when Shirley M. Stewart, 84, was traveling north on Viney Grove Road in Prairie Grove and failed to negotiate a left turn, authorities said in a preliminary report.

State police said the vehicle then left the road, went into a ditch and struck a concrete fence.

Travel conditions at the time of the crash were described as clear and dry in the report.

Stewart’s death was the 193rd reported by state police on an Arkansas road so far this year, according to preliminary figures.

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