One person was killed and two other people were injured Saturday evening in a two-vehicle crash on Hwy 18 in Craighead County.
Arkansas State Police reported Bobby Benson Towery, age 53, of Manila was killed in the crash, which happened at 6:50 p.m. on Saturday at the intersection of Highway 18 and Highway 135.
According to ASP Fatal Crash Report, Towery was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado east on Highway 18, while a 2019 Dodge Ram, driven by Christopher Allen Ellis, age 36, of Brookland was going west.
The Dodge Ram crossed the centerline according to the ASP traveled across the eastbound lane and struck the Silverado.
Ellis and a passenger in Towery’s vehicle, Jennifer McDorman, age 40, of Paragould, were taken to hospitals for treat of injuries.
The weather was cloudy and the road was wet at the time of the crash according to the report.