At approximately 3:38 p.m. Sunday, June 25, 2017, officers with the Benton Police Department responded to a two-vehicle accident at Arkansas Highway 5 and Leigh Street. Upon arrival, the driver of a 2009 Harley Davidson motorcycle, Jerry Lynn Garland, age 72, of Bauxite, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The driver of a 2016 GMC Acadia, Richard Crawford, age 68, was transported to Saline Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The Benton Police Department Accident Reconstruction Team is still investigating the cause of the crash and further details will be available at a later time.
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