2 from Monette die in head-on crash

Arkansas State Police reported two Monette residents were killed in a two-vehicle crash in Craighead County early Thursday.

Zachary Wells, 20, of Monette was driving a 2006 GMC east on Arkansas 18 at 2:49 a.m. when a tractor-trailer in the westbound lane crossed the centerline and hit the GMC head-on, according to a report.

Wells and his passenger Tanner Platz, 19, were pronounced dead at the scene. Chad Marshall, 44, of Jonesboro, the driver of the tractor-trailer, was transported to NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro.

At the time of the accident, rain was falling and roads were wet.

Metro on 07/24/2015

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