A McCrory police officer died Thursday morning after his patrol car hit a deer on Arkansas 17.
In a news release, Arkansas State Police said officer Robert Barker, 26, was driving north on the highway about 5 a.m. to assist a sheriff's deputy from Woodruff County. Barker was south of Patterson when his vehicle hit the deer.
Barker, a four-year veteran at the McCrory Police Department, was pronounced dead from his injuries at a hospital in Searcy, the release said.
Read Friday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.