Woman killed in Yell County wreck

— A Havana woman was killed Tuesday afternoon in a wreck in Yell County, authorities said.

Kimberly Diane Taff, 36, was driving a 2000 Honda Civic south on Highway 27 south of Dardanelle when she moved to pass another vehicle, according to an Arkansas State Police report.

Police say the Civic swerved back, left the roadway and then overcorrected, veering into the northbound lanes and colliding with an oncoming dump truck. It happened shortly after 3 p.m.

Taff was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was not injured.

The accident remains under investigation.

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