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Driver killed, passenger hurt when pickup overturns
This article was published December 5, 2012 at 6:26 a.m.
LITTLE ROCK — A driver was killed and a passenger hurt Tuesday night in Jackson County when a pickup struck a culvert and overturned, authorities said.
Arkansas State Police say Christopher Dunn, 34, of Newport was driving a 1994 Chevy pickup south on Arkansas 17 in Diaz when the truck left the road about 7:30 p.m.
According to a preliminary report, the pickup then struck a culvert and overturned. The roadway was reportedly wet at the time.
Dunn died from unspecified injuries. A passenger, identified as Leah McGinnis, 34, of Newport, was taken to Harris Hospital in Newport. No information on her condition was released.
Dunn is the 508th person to die in a traffic accident in Arkansas so far this year, according to preliminary figures.
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