Motorcycle, ATV crashes kill 2 men

— Two men were killed in motor-vehicle accidents Saturday in White and Columbia counties, the Arkansas State Police reported.

In White County, William Brown, 34, of Southhaven, Miss., died after driving a motorcycle off Arkansas 5, north of El Paso, according to a state police report.

Brown was headed north on the highway at 7:28 p.m. when he lost control of the motorcycle on a curve, the report says. The motorcycle went off the right side of the road and overturned several times, the report says.

Brown was taken to Conway Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 8:57 p.m.

In Columbia County, Roy Smith, 51, of Stamps was killed when he crashed an all-terrain vehicle on a county road near U.S. 371, southwest of Magnolia, according to a state police report.

Smith, who was headed south, crashed into a parked car at 10:30 p.m., the report says.

Arkansas, Pages 11 on 07/26/2010

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