Bearden man dies in single-vehicle crash

BEARDEN, Ark.-Arkansas State Police say a Bearden man has been killed in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 79 in Ouachita County.

A police report says 58-year-old Jackie Evans died in the accident Friday.

The report says Evans was southbound on the highway when his pickup truck went off the road to the left and struck a culvert, then crossed back over the highway into a ditch and struck a tree.

The report says it was raining and the highway was wet at the time of the accident.

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