Bigelow man dies in frontloader accident in Mayflower

Mayflower police say a man died in a single-vehicle accident Monday while working in a tornado-damaged area.

A Mayflower Police Department report states that officers arrived at about 10:04 a.m. to Mayflower RV at 87 Interstate Drive.

Mayflower RV was damaged in the April 27 tornado that tore through Faulkner and Pulaski counties.

Christina Carter, 29, of Little Rock told police that Lendell Boydston, 50, of Bigelow, had overturned a Bobcat UniLoader.

When police arrived, they found Boydston in the vehicle at the bottom of a hill, the report states.

Boydston was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel.

Read Tuesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for more on this story.

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