Two accidents kill pedestrian, driver

A Shirley man died Monday when he was struck by a car in Van Buren County, according to an Arkansas State Police report.

Bobby D. Weaver, 64, was crossing The New Road at Banner Loop Road at 5:12 a.m. when he was struck by a 2001 Saturn that was cresting a hill, the report said. Weaver was transported by air ambulance to UAMS Medical Center, where he later died, according to the report.

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Conditions were clear and dry at the time of the accident.

A 58-year-old Jonesboro man was killed in a one-car crash early Wednesday in Jonesboro, according to a state police report.

James Essary was traveling south on Harrisburg Road in a 2020 Audi at 12:55 a.m. when the car ran off the road, crashed through a wood-and-brick fence, hit a dirt ramp and went airborne, the report said.

Conditions were clear and dry at the time of crash.

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