Six people were killed on Arkansas roads Sunday, including three motorcyclists, according to Arkansas State Police reports.
In Pulaski County, 62-year-old William Wade Allen of North Little Rock was killed after his Harley-Davidson traveled off Arkansas 365 around 8 p.m. and hit a utility pole.
The state police report noted Allen "lost control" of the motorcycle.
Around 4:10 p.m., 22-year-old Justin H. Waldroop of Fort Smith died after losing control of his westbound Suzuki motorcycle in the 6400 block of Rye Hill Road in Fort Smith, another report states.
Authorities say the motorcycle was traveling at a "high rate of speed" when it struck the passenger side of an eastbound Toyota trying to turn into a driveway.
Waldroop died as a result of injuries suffered in the crash, according to authorities. Another person traveling on the Suzuki, 21-year-old Christina Swanson of Fort Smith, was listed as hurt.
Also injured were three people in the Toyota, including 60-year-old driver Lisa C. Roland of Van Buren. The report listed the injured passengers as 28-year-old April Roland of Van Buren and 29-year-old Amy Smith of Sallisaw, Okla.
Another crash shortly after 4 p.m. on Arkansas 141 in Jonesboro killed 54-year-old Daniel Ray Cox of Bay, according to a preliminary report.
Police say a southbound Jeep drove into the path of Cox's northbound Honda motorcycle while trying to turn onto Craighead County 780. The Jeep's driver wasn't identified.
In all three wrecks, the weather was described as clear and roads were said to be dry.
A youth was killed and four people were hurt when a pickup crashed on an Arkansas road Sunday afternoon, according to state police.
A preliminary crash report states the wreck occurred shortly after 4 p.m. on Cowface Road in Lowell, south of Arkansas 264.
State police said a man died in a Pulaski County crash after suffering a "medical complication" while driving Sunday night.
The man, who wasn't identified, was driving south at 10:50 p.m. on U.S. 67/167 near its intersection with Redmond Road in Jacksonville when he "experienced a medical complication" and lost control of his 2004 Chevrolet, according to a preliminary crash report.
The Chevrolet reportedly left the road and hit a cable barrier.
Conditions were described as clear and dry at the time of the report.
A 19-year-old from Rison died early Sunday hours after he was ejected from an Audi A6 in a crash on a state highway, authorities said.
Justin Dakota Wright was driving the 1999 Audi west on Arkansas 114 in Rison when the car veered off the right shoulder in a curve, according to an Arkansas State Police report. It happened about 10 p.m.
Wright "overcorrected after leaving the roadway and was never able to regain control," the report said, noting the Audi spun, hit a tree, and overturned multiple times.
Wright was thrown from the vehicle at one point, police said. He was airlifted to CHI St. Vincent in Little Rock, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 1 a.m.
Conditions at the time of the single-vehicle wreck were said to be clear and dry.
NW News on 06/19/2018