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A serious car accident can upend your life in a single moment. And the burden of proving that you are not at fault for the accident can cause further stress and frustration. The personal injury lawyers of Minton Law Firm can work to help you establish the facts of your case and navigate your legal options. We believe that […]

An eastbound crash on I-40 near Forrest City, Arkansas, left one person dead and several injured.  The crash occurred on August 23, just after 3 p.m. Lanes on I-40 were shut down for over 12 hours. Thirteen vehicles were involved in the accident, including a truck hauling fuel that exploded on the interstate. Multiple big […]

On August 14th, three people died in North Little Rock early in the morning on the Interstate 430 South River Bridge. Two of the victims were Good Samaritans assisting the third victim, whose vehicle was damaged from a previous accident, according to an early Arkansas State Police report. Thirty-four-year-old Takoiya C. Flowers, of North Little Rock, […]

On Saturday, April 30, at 2:24 am, a Springdale man was rushed to Northwest Medical Center-Springdale following a collision at the intersection of Thompson Street and Huntsville Avenue. The incident involved three cars, one of which was driven by Cristhian Rodriguez-Izcano. Rodriguez-Izcano was headed northbound on Thompson Street when he ran the red light. The […

On Friday, April 15th, 2022, a Little Rock pedestrian was hit and killed on Cantrell Road.  The victim, Michael Byrd, 53, was crossing the street around 9 p.m. near 14000 Cantrell Road. Byrd was reportedly walking southbound and the vehicle was traveling west when he was struck on the street. Byrd was pronounced dead at […]

On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, a Pine Bluff man was rushed to the hospital following a motorcycle vs. vehicle accident at the intersection of Sulpher Springs Road and Greenway Drive in Pine Bluff. The victim, 35-year-old Damarrio Kyle of Pine Bluff, left an altercation with his girlfriend on his motorcycle. His girlfriend, Shevonte Anderson, chased […]

On February 10, 2022, just before 9:15 a.m., 67-year-old Sharon Garlington of Bearden, AR, was killed in an accident on U.S. 79.  According to Arkansas State Police, Garlington was headed east on Ouachita County 203, where she “failed to yield the right of way” to an unnamed 28-year-old woman from Magnolia. Garlington, driving a 2019 Nissan, hit [&hell

On January 18th, 2022, around 8 p.m., an Arkansas Department of Transportation construction worker was struck by a vehicle and fatally injured. The worker, 69-year-old Winfred Petty, was putting up road closure signs on Interstate 30 near Scott Hamilton Drive when he was struck. The vehicle that struck him has yet to be found but […]

On January 13th, 2022, a pedestrian was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer on I-40 East near the Lonoke County line.  The incident happened around 3:05 a.m., when a 2004 Kenworth truck, headed east on I-140, hit a man running across the interstate. The victim, 43-year-old Billy Daugherty of Statesville, North Carolina, was pronounced dead […]

On Sunday, December 5th, a Sioux Center, Iowa man died while attempting to make a U-turn on U.S. 65 in Boone County. The accident happened at 5:37am Sunday, when Dennis Visser, 68, attempted to make a U-turn on U.S. 65, near Rocky Top Lane north of Harrison. While attempting the U-turn, Vesser’s pickup was struck […]