UPDATE:
A driver who was traveling in the wrong direction on Interstate 555 and was involved in a fatal head-on collision last week has died, Arkansas State Police reported.
William H. Clem, 87, of Trumann was driving a 2016 Hyundai south in a northbound lane of the highway near Trumann when he hit a 1987 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Rickey Lynn Hardin, 60, of Marked Tree, according to a state police report.
Hardin was pronounced dead at the scene.
Clem was taken to St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro and later died from his injuries, state police said.
Clem's death is the 438th on Arkansas roads this year, according to preliminary data.
— Arkansas Online staff
LAST WEEK:
An Arkansas man died Thursday evening after his pickup was hit head-on by a vehicle traveling the wrong way on Interstate 555 outside of Trumann, Arkansas State police said.
Rickey Lynn Hardin, 60, of Marked Tree was driving a 1987 Chevrolet Silverado north on Interstate 555 in Poinsett County around 6:48 p.m., according to a police report. William H. Clem, 87, of Trumann was driving a 2016 Hyundai south in a northbound lane of the highway and hit Hardin's vehicle head-on, police said.
[FATAL WRECKS: Complete coverage of deadly crashes across Arkansas so far this year]
Hardin was pronounced dead at the scene, and Clem was taken to St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. No information on the extent of Clem's injuries was included in the report.
Police reported conditions as cloudy and dry at the time of the wreck.
Hardin's death is the 431st on Arkansas roads this year, according to preliminary data.
— Emma Pettit