NEWPORT — Officials say a commercial driving training student was injured at Arkansas State University-Newport after he was dragged several feet by a tractor-trailer driven by another student.
School officials said Brad Kenneth Bartelt was attempting to remove a plastic road barrel from under the trailer Wednesday when another student driver began driving the rig. The school said Bartelt was dragged several feet by the truck.
Bartelt was taken to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, where he is in critical condition.
The Newport Police Department is investigating, but authorities say they don’t anticipate filing any charges.