Two Northwest Arkansas men were killed in separate accidents on state roads Wednesday, according to Arkansas State Police reports.
A wreck in which the vehicle left an interstate, went into a ditch and overturned left a 76-year-old man dead, state police said.
The crash happened about 11 a.m. near Interstate 49's Exit 62, which leads to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Fayetteville, according to a preliminary report.
A 2002 Ford F-150 pickup was headed north on the interstate when it traveled off the road's east side and hit a mobile electronic sign before traveling through a ditch and ending up on its passenger side on Futrall Drive, authorities said.
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The driver, Alvin Winberry of Bentonville, was ejected and suffered fatal injuries, the report states. No other injuries were reported.
On Wednesday night, a pedestrian died after he was hit by a pickup while crossing a highway in Benton County, state police said.
A 2012 Ford F-350 was heading west on U.S. 71B in Rogers about 10:30 p.m., according to a state police report. Gregory Brandon, 45, of Rogers was crossing the highway and was fatally struck by the pickup, police said.
Metro on 07/21/2017