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Fatal #: 520       Operator #: 3844  
Accident #: 473     Station Sending SPTK     #(1) Deceased   #() Injured
Date of Crash: 10/26/2020   Time of Crash: 3:27pm   Location: US 270(ALBERT PIKE RD)& BAYOU POINT  
City: HOT SPRINGS   County: GARLAND    
 
Deceased
Name (Vehicle #) Age City of Residence M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
JIMMY DON WEATHERFORD JR. (1)   48   HOT SPRINGS   M     X    
             
Additional Deceased
 
INJURED
Name (Vehicle #) Age City of Residence M/F Driver Passenger Pedestrian
RAY ROBERSON (1)   59   HOT SPRINGS   M   X      
JACE POPOW (2)   21   HOT SPRINGS   M   X      
             
Additional Injured
 
Vehicle Year Direction Hwy. Vehicle Year Direction Hwy.
1. FORD RANGER 1998 EAST HWY 271 2. DODGE DAKOTA 2007 WEST US270
Additional Vehicles
 
Initial Narrative     V1 ROBERSON WAS EASTBOUND ON US HIGHWAY 270 (ALBERT PIKE RD) APPROACHING ITS INTERSECTION WITH BAYOU POINT. V2 POPOW WAS WESTBOUND ON US HIGHWAY 270 APPROACHING ITS INTERSECTION WITH BAYOU POINT. V1 HYDROPLANED AND TRAVELED INTO THE PATH OF V2. THE FRONT OF V2 STRUCK THE RIGHT (PASSENGER) DOOR OF V1. V1 PASSENGER WEATHERFORD WAS TRANSPORTED TO CHI ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT 4:40PM BY DR. JONATHAN TOWNLEY.  
 
Weather Condition:   CLOUDY/RAINY  Road Condition:   WET 
 
Injured Taken To:    CHI.ST. VINCENTS/NATIONAL PARK MEDICAL CENTER   Body Held At:    DAVIS-SMITH FUNERAL HOME  
 
NOK Notified  Yes Investigating Officer:  OFC RICHARD NUNEZ 179 Agency:  HOT SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT

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