A Rison man was killed after losing control of his vehicle Wednesday afternoon, causing it to leave a highway and strike trees, state police said.
The single-vehicle crash happened at 4:05 p.m. as Rodney Eugene Wages, 54, was traveling south on Arkansas 11 in a 2002 Chevrolet.
Wages lost control of his vehicle at a curve south of the Arkansas 530 overpass in Lincoln County, according to a preliminary report from Arkansas State Police.
He sustained fatal injuries when the Chevrolet left the road and struck nearby trees, authorities said.
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Travel conditions at the time of the crash were described in the report as clear and dry.
Wages' death was the third reported in a crash on an Arkansas road so far in 2017, according to preliminary figures.