A 22-year-old Vian man has died and an 18-year-old Sallisaw female and a minor were taken to a UAMS Medical Center and the Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock respectively following a single vehicle accident in Franklin County in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
The Arkansas State Police said Tryston Whitley was a passenger in a 014 Dodge Dart driven by 18-year-old Nina L. Cate that struck a concrete overpass pier near Lone Oak Road at the 32.78 mile marker on Interstate 40.
Whitley was pronounced dead at the scene.
The ASP report by Corporal Charlie Edmonson said the Dodge was traveling southwest and entered the center median. The vehicle struck a northeast concrete pier if the Lone Oak overpass and came to rest pointing southwest against the northwest concrete pier.
Edmonson reported conditions were clear and dry at the time of the accident that occurred at 5:29 a.m.
Whitley’s death is the 313rd for the year on Arkansas roadways.
