Collision on bridge over Arkansas River kills 1, police say

A 58-year-old man died Monday after his vehicle collided with another on a bridge over the Arkansas River, authorities said.

The crash happened at 3:15 p.m. on the Arkansas 109 bridge north of the Logan County city of Morrison Bluff, according to an Arkansas State Police report.

Troopers wrote that Gwendle Self of Scranton was driving a 2004 Pontiac north across the bridge when the vehicle veered right and hit the concrete wall.

The Pontiac began to slide into the southbound lane of traffic and and was then hit by a 2008 Ford, the report states.

Self suffered fatal injuries in the collision, police said.

Conditions were described as cloudy and clear at the time of the wreck.

At least 421 people have died on Arkansas roads so far this year, according to preliminary figures.

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