Motorcycle rider killed in Paragould

A 42-year-old man driving a Harley Davidson motorcyle was killed in a collision with another vehicle in Paragould Thursday night, state police said.

Jeffrey Wimberly, 42, was headed west on Arkansas 412 around 5:30 p.m. when he turned left onto Arkansas 49 in Greene County, hitting a Chevy that had failed to yield, according to an Arkansas State Police report.

Police did not name the driver of the Chevy. No one else was injured, according to the report.

Road conditions were described as clear and dry at the time of the crash, according to the report.

It was the 460th fatality on Arkansas roads in 2015, according to preliminary state police records.

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