UPDATE 1:40 p.m.
Traffic is moving through the Thompson Street and Wagon Wheel Road intersection following this morning's fatality crash.
UPDATE 12:30 P.M.
The Springdale Police Department said Derrick Hammond, 35, of Springdale was killed in the four-vehicle crash at 8:25 a.m. this morning.
The wreck involved four vehicles: a 2008 GMA Acadia, a 2004 Kia Sorrento, a 1999 GMC pickup truck and semi-truck.
Hammond was the driver of the pickup truck.
The driver and passanger of the Acadia were transported to a local hospital with critical injuries. No other injuries were reported.
UPDATE 11:23 a.m.
Police continue to reroute traffic just south of the Wagon Wheel intersection.
UPDATE 10:45 a.m.
Lt. Jeff Taylor of the Springdale Police Department said and adult male died as a result of the crash on North Thompson Street Friday morning.
An adult female and juvenile female were critically injured.
Taylor said more updates would be released later today.
ORIGINAL STORY
SPRINGDALE -- A crash that caused critical injuries had traffic at a standstill in around the Washington-Benton county line this morning.
Lt. Jeff Taylor with the Springdale Police Department could not yet confirm that a fatality had occurred, but said that the accident caused some critical injuries.
"There is also a power pole that is also down. Please avoid this area. All of North Thompson Street is shut down," Taylor stated on the Police Department's Facebook page around 9 a.m.
Traffic was affected at least as far as Wagon Wheel Road.
Officers are directing drivers down side streets to alleviate some of the traffic congestion, Taylor said through text message.
NW News on 03/25/2017