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Fatal #: 286       Operator #: 3766  
Accident #: 253     Station Sending SPTD     #(1) Deceased   #(1) Injured
Date of Crash: 07/13/2024   Time of Crash: 5:59am   Location: INTERSTATE 40 WESTBOUND @ 230 MM   
City: PALESTINE    County: ST. FRANCIS     
 
Deceased
Name (Vehicle #) Age City of Residence M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
LARRY JEMISON (3)   43   EARLE AR   M   X      
             
Additional Deceased
 
INJURED
Name (Vehicle #) Age City of Residence M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
ZERIT SIUM (1)   29   TUCSON AZ   M   X      
             
Additional Injured
 
Vehicle Year Direction Hwy. Vehicle Year Direction Hwy.
1. VOLVO SEMI-TRUCK 2014 WESTBOUND INTERSTATE 40 2. FREIGHTLINER 2020 WESTBOUND INTERSTATE 40
3. CHEVROLET TAHOE 2020 WESTBOUND INTERSTATE 40 4. PETERBILT 2016 WESTBOUND INTERSTATE 40
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative     VEHICLES 3 4 AND 5 WERE ALL STOPPED IN THE RIGHT LANE DUE TO BACKED UP TRAFFIC FROM A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT. UPON APPROACHING THE STOPPED TRAFFIC V2 WAS SLOWING TO A STOP AS WELL. V1 STRUCK V2 IN THE REAR. THIS ACTION CAUSED V2 TO STRIKE V3 V3 TO STRIKE V4 AND V4 TO STRIKE V5.  
 
Weather Condition:   CLEAR  Road Condition:   DRY 
 
Injured Taken To:    REGIONAL ONE MEDICAL CENTER   Body Held At:    ST. FRANCIS COUNTY MORGUE  
 
NOK Notified  Yes Investigating Officer:  CPL. MATTHEW WEST 273 Agency:  ASP

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