One killed, one hurt when pickup overturns on Arkansas highway

One Arkansas man was killed and another hurt when a pickup overturned on a state highway, authorities said.

Kevin M. Williams Jr., 32, of Pearcy was driving a 2003 Chevy pickup south on Arkansas 227 in Garland County shortly after 6:15 p.m. when the truck crossed the centerline, according to an Arkansas State Police report.

Police say the vehicle then overcorrected, causing it to overturn.

Williams suffered fatal injuries. A passenger in the pickup, 36-year-old Timothy W. Marguis of Hot Springs, was also hurt, though the extent of his injuries was not listed in the report.

Conditions at the time of the single-vehicle wreck were said to be rainy and wet.

The death was the 458th on Arkansas roads so far this year, according to preliminary figures.

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