Arkansas woman killed after vehicle hits tree, overturns

An Arkansas woman was killed after the vehicle she was riding in hit a tree and overturned Wednesday night in Logan County.

Misty D. Perez, 39, of Booneville was traveling west on Arkansas 10 east of Booneville in a 1991 Lincoln, according to an Arkansas State Police report. The Lincoln left the roadway around 8:20 p.m., struck a tree and overturned, police said. Perez suffered fatal injuries.

The driver, 38-year-old Richard H. Lowrance of Booneville, was injured in the wreck and taken to Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith for treatment, police said.

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Conditions were clear and dry at the time, police said.

Perez's death is the 134th in a traffic crash on Arkansas roads this year, according to preliminary data.

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