Sevier County Traffic Accident Claims Two Lives

A two vehicle accident around 6:00 o’clock Sunday morning on Highway 41 south of De Queen resulted in two fatalities.

According to the Arkansas State Police report, a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado was southbound when it crossed the center line and collided with a northbound 2003 Honda Civic.

The driver of the Civic, listed as a minor, was killed in the accident. A passenger in the vehicle, 22 year old Bernard Edwards III of Nashville, was also killed. Another passenger in the Civic, 22 year old Quentin Witherspoon of Fulton, was injured and transported to a Texarkana hospital.

Corporal Ernesto Echevarria of the Arkansas State Police investigated the incident. The roadway was described as dry and the weather was listed as clear at the time of the accident.