'Speed was definitely a factor' in wreck in which 2 Arkansans were ejected, 1 killed, police say

A 29-year-old Arkansas woman was killed in a one-vehicle crash in Hot Springs early Monday, state police said.

The wreck happened shortly after 12:45 a.m. near the intersection of Chattanooga Park and Fargo Street.

According to a preliminary report, 30-year-old Dennis L. Wallace Jr. of Hot Springs was driving east on Chattanooga in a 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis when the car crossed the street's centerline and traveled off the left side of the road.

The vehicle then hit a concrete wall and a tree, authorities said. The Hot Springs Sentinel-Record reported that Wallace and a passenger — Shayla Nichole Kriese of Hot Springs — were both ejected in the wreck. Wallace was critical when he was taken to a nearby hospital, but his condition was not known as of Tuesday afternoon.

Hot Springs officer Joey Williams told the newspaper that "speed was definitely a factor" in the wreck but that investigators were trying to determine who was driving.

State police said the road was dry and the weather was clear at the time of the crash.

At least 248 people have died in wrecks on Arkansas roads this year, according to preliminary data.

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