A 37-year-old Little Rock man was killed Wednesday night when the car he was driving crashed off a bridge in east Little Rock, landing in the waters of Fourche Creek, authorities said.
Police on Thursday named the driver as Marcus Blue. The wreck happened shortly before 8:30 p.m. in the 3200 block of Springer Boulevard, which runs just north of Interstate 440.
Little Rock Police Department spokesman officer Steve Moore said witnesses reported that the four-door sedan was traveling at a high rate of speed and weaving before it veered out of control, went airborne over a guardrail and "nosedived into the creek."
Crews searched the water and didn't find anyone other than Blue.
The car was removed from the water before 10 p.m.
At least 196 people have been killed in crashes on Arkansas roads so far this year, according to preliminary figures.