Mother, 2 young daughters die in Clark Co., Ark.

State police say a woman and her two young daughters have lost their lives in the collision of two cars on Arkansas 7 north of the Arkadelphia suburb of Caddo Valley.

A state police report says 27-year-old Crystal Clark of Royal, a community west of Hot Springs, was northbound on Arkansas 7, near its intersection with Arkansas 283, when her car left the roadway and overturned, crossing the highway to collide with another car on the southbound shoulder.

Her daughters, 7-year-old Alisha Clark and 10-year-old Courtney Clark, also died in the crash Friday evening. A third daughter, 9-year-old Lacy Clark, was injured, along with the driver of the southbound car, 54-year-old Donald Abbott of Bismarck.

Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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