A Little Rock city director crashed her convertible Tuesday afternoon when a suspect in a disturbance jumped in the vehicle as she drove past, authorities said.
It happened about 1:15 p.m. as Doris Wright, who represents Ward 6 in west-central Little Rock, drove by the intersection of 15th and Battery streets in a white Volkswagen convertible, Little Rock Police Department officer Michelle Hill said at the scene.
After the suspect jumped in near the sign for Centennial Park, Wright lost control and hit a pole, and the car then flipped, authorities said. She and the suspect were both being treated for unspecified injuries at a Little Rock hospital, and police were interviewing others believed to be involved in the disturbance.
Hill said it was not a targeted attack and that Wright just happened to be driving by north on Battery Street. The suspect, whose name has not been released, took advantage of the fact that Wright was in a convertible, Hill added.
Jeanetta Blackman, who lives nearby, said she was sitting on her back steps when she heard two loud booms.
"I thought a plane had crashed on top of my house," she said. "It was that loud."
Blackman ran outside, where she saw the suspect lying in the street and Wright sitting nearby, she said. The suspect seemed to be in "bad shape," but Wright didn't appear to be badly hurt, Blackman said.
Blackman said a neighbor told her the man had been running in and out of traffic all day.
Check back for updates and read Wednesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
