Shortly after 7 pm on Saturday night a Lawrence County Deputy responding to a one vehicle accident was involved in a vehicle rollover. The accident happened as on Lawrence 511 outside Clover Bend as the deputy was responding to another accident on the same road.
The vehicle driven by the deputy left the roadway striking an electrical pole breaking the pole off at the ground, the vehicle then overturned in the ditch. The deputy was taken to NEA Hospital for treatment of what was said to be non life threatening injuries. Officers from Hoxie, Walnut Ridge and Lawrence County responded as well as the Clover Bend Fire Department, Hoxie Fire Department and Lawrence County Office of Emergency Services.
The accident is being investigated by the Arkansas State Police. Once the vehicle was removed from the ditch by Ray J’s Wrecker Service of Hoxie, members of the Clover Bend Fire Department stayed on scene to assist with traffic while Entergy repaired the broken pole. Sheriff Yates was on scene shortly after the accident occurred and once the vehicle was removed traveled to Jonesboro to check the status of his injured deputy.
Other deputies from the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office worked the first accident, that vehicle was removed by Cook’s Wrecker Service of Walnut Ridge. No word on injuries in the first accident.
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