El Dorado motorcyclist hit by vehicle, killed

An El Dorado man riding a Yamaha was killed after being struck by another vehicle on U.S. 82B in Union County on Monday, police said.

Charles Burnette, 46, was killed around 8:20 p.m. Monday when a 2008 Chevrolet driving east on 82B attempted to turn left onto Rock Island Right of Way and hit Burnette, who was driving west on 82B, according to an Arkansas State Police report.

The driver of the Chevrolet, identified by state police as Cornecia Sheppard, 24, was injured and taken to the Medical Center of South Arkansas, the report said.

It was the 457th fatality on Arkansas roads in 2015, according to preliminary state police records. The report described conditions at the time of the accident as cloudy and wet.

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