A pedestrian was killed early Saturday morning on Interstate 49 in Benton County, according to a report from the Arkansas State Police.
Ryan Dame, 29, of Fort Smith was hit and killed about 3:05 a.m. by a southbound 2015 GMC Sierra after he stepped onto I-49, the report said. The driver of the GMC, James Freeman of Springdale, was not injured.
At the time of the crash, the weather was clear and roads were dry.
Also Saturday, a crash involving three trucks in Hot Spring County killed an Idaho man and injured two Michigan men.
Alexander Bout, 61, of Boise, Idaho, was driving a 2002 Kenworth truck on Interstate 30. He exited to a rest area near Malvern about 4:45 a.m. and hit a parked 2010 International, which then hit a parked 2001 Peterbilt, according to a state police report.
Bout was pronounced dead at the scene. Laurant Metko, 43, of Canton, Mich., and Fiodor Shehaj, 42, of Westland, Mich., both passengers in the International, were injured and taken to Baptist Medical Center in Malvern, the report said. The passenger in the Peterbilt, Israel Torres, 49, of Cape Coral, Fla., was not injured.
At the time of the crash, it was raining and the roads were wet.
A minor was killed and two people were injured in a two-vehicle collision in Harrison in Boone County on Aug. 16, according to a state police report released Friday.
Moises Gomez, 56, of Batesville was driving a 2001 Toyota north on the U.S. 62-U.S. 65 bypass when his vehicle crossed the centerline and hit a southbound 2008 GMC head-on, the report said. The minor was a passenger in a vehicle, but the report does not say which one.
Gomez and Michael Denton, 43, of Vilonia, the driver of the GMC, were both injured in the crash and taken to North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison.
At the time of the crash, the weather was clear and roads were dry.
Metro on 08/23/2015