Monticello Live

Around 1 PM, Sunday afternoon, a city employee was making required checks at the city sewer ponds, located on Old Warren Road.

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A 20 year old Drew County man died from injuries he sustained when he was struck by vehicle on Highway 138 East, Monday morning. (more…)

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Around midnight, Friday morning, the driver of this Jeep SUV lost control of his vehicle, in Dead Man’s Curve, on HWY 278 E. of Monticello.

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At 8 pm, Thursday night, the driver of this Dodge Durango was traveling toward Monticello, west of Selma, when he was blinded in a curve by bright lights.

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Around 7:30, Monday night, a 2-year-old child was ejected from a vehicle, during a 3 car collision at the intersection of HWYs 278 & 425, in Monticello. (more…)

In an update to a story MLive covered, Tuesday morning, posted here are photos of the clean-up of the wreckage of a loaded Riceland tank truck, 2 miles south of Winchester on HWY 65.

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Around 9:15, Tuesday night, the driver of this Toyota Avalon lost control of the vehicle as it was the northbound on Highway 83 near Coleman. The road had recently been covered with pea gravel for maintenance.

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At 7:45, p.m., Thursday night, an 18 wheeler  leaving Popeyes parking lot, into the mall entrance at Highway 425 struck a Centerpoint Energy gas meter. (more…)

In a very unusual motor vehicle accident, around 3:30, Thursday afternoon. a Chevy Z71 pick-up seems to have been totalled by the tractor tire that it was hauling.

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At 3:50, Tuesday afternoon, a head-on collision near the LincolnCounty line temporarily closed traffic.

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Early Saturday morning,  Drew County Sheriffs deputies  were called to the scene of a car crash at the intersection of Highway 278 and the Wilmar train tracks.

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According to the Arkansas State Police preliminary report, there was a fatality wreck in Eudora, at 11:37 Saturday morning, where an adult and two children lost their lives.

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Around 7 PM Monday night, 3 people were injured in a 2 vehicle head-on accident, on Highway 35 East.

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Thursday afternoon, around 1:56, the driver of a 2004 Buick lost her life, on HWY 63 South, near Warren.

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A Drew County hunter was seriously injured, around 9:30, Tuesday morning, when the ATV he was riding collided with a tractor.

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Following the July 1 death of 21-year-old Carla Avery on HWY 278, in the area best known as “Dead Man’s Curve”, a local Sunday School class decided something should be done to correct the deadly portion of roadway.

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Around 3:45 Monday afternoon,  a log truck’s load shifted forward, as he applied his brakes while westbound on HWY 278 near the 425 intersection.

The logs shifted forward impacting the cab preventing it from being able to turn .

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A loaded eastbound chip-truck reportedly entered Dead Man’s Curve too fast, New Year’s Eve morning at 4:30, overturning in the north ditch.

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According to SalineRiverChronicle.com, there was a fatal auto crash in Warren, Wednesday evening.

Authorities were called to the scene of a two-vehicle accident, at approximately 6:30 p.m. Christmas night on North Martin Street, near Bryant Street. A 42 year old Warren man was traveling south in a pickup truck on Martin Street.

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At 1:45, Thursday, the Monticello Fire & Rescue Team was paged out to the report of a Ford pick-up that missed the HWY 278 curve at the east entrance to Wilmar, and crashed into a nearby wooded area.

Drew County Sheriff’s Deputies worked the accident, where a 31 year old Bryant resident was transported to JRMC by SEEMS. Dan’s Towing removed the vehicle.

Minutes before 1 pm, Monday, a local man, walking his bicycle across McCloy Street at the 3-way stop sign at the Town Square was hit by a car.

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Saturday at Lacey

Saturday, around noon, the driver of this Chevy van was reported to be traveling north on HWY 425, attempting to turn west, when she collided with the passenger side of a Chrysler 300, which was passing her.

Drew County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the wreck, along with a local Constable.  The State Police filed the accident report.

One passenger from the Chrysler was reportedly transferred to a Little Rock Hospital.

Wednesday on HWY 35 East

Wednesday, at approximately 8 am, the driver of this Chevy pick-up lost control, near Sixteen Section Road on HWY 35 East of Monticello.

Wednesday on HWY 278 East

This Honda Accord received only minor damage, Wednesday around 5 pm, when it’s driver lost control on the wet pavement in Dead Man’s Curve.

Drew County Sheriff’s  Deputies worked both of these Wednesday accidents.

After school was dismissed, Tuesday afternoon, there was a minor bus accident at the intersection of East Oakland and North Conley.

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At 12:20, Monday afternoon, this loaded log truck was traveling toward Monticello, when its trailer’s fifth wheel pin plate pulled off, allowing the trailer to overturn, rolling it over onto the side of the roadway.

No one was injured.

Drew County Sheriff’s Deputies directed traffic through the 277/278 curve until 3 pm, when the wreck was clered.

 

No one was injured, Tuesday morning, when the driver of this City of Monticello work truck left the roadway, dumping a large portion of the load the truck was carrying into the ditch and driveway of SeaArk Marine.

City crews worked to re-open Trotter Street near the entrance to the City Shop.

A 27 year old Tillar man was killed at 6:22, Tuesday morning, after he had stopped to help victims at an automobile collision at HWY 65 and HWY388 in Lincoln County.

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Sunday night, around midnight, the driver of this Honda S-2000 was norrhbound on I-530, when he told deputies that another vehicle had caused him to run off of the roadway.

The Honda traveled down the road ditch, coming to a stop in a creekbed, next to a bridge.

Dan’s towed the vehicle; the driver trportedly only recieved minor injuries.

 A big rig wreck on Oct. 2, 2006 in Calhoun County led to the trial, which is expected to last 3-4 days.

While driving a loaded log truck on Calhoun County Road #2,, Gene Gibson (a Drew County resident) had the loaded log truck he was driving, run off of the pavement and rolled onto its right side.

A log shifted, and enter the cab, apparently injuring Gibson.

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Wednesday was a good example of how rain can wreak havoc on Drew County drivers.

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