ARKANSAS STATE POLICE

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

— Two accidents within an hour at the same spot on Arkansas Highway 72 Wednesday slowed traffic around the curve at Jac’s Ranch.

The first accident occurred at 5:40 p.m. between Deborah Phillips, 61, Pea Ridge, and Carolyn Hooper, 49, of Bentonville. Hooper lost control of her vehicle and spun into the side of the Phillips vehicle.

The second occurred at 6:38 when the driver of a vehicle stopped in the roadway causing three vehicles behind it to stop suddenly causing the fourth to hit the vehicle in front of it causing a chain reaction.The drivers involved were Kristine Nelson, 48, Pea Ridge; George Delassantos, 31, Garfield; and Mikhaela Davis, 18, Bentonville. Davis was cited for following too closely.

On the Record, Pages 3 on 09/08/2010