Crash sends family of 9 to hospital

Police: Driver hit van of children head-on when he reached to plug in cell phone

By: Lori Dunn - Texarkana Gazette

Arkansas State Police officers John Rhone and Jeff Thomas gather information Monday morning at the site of a head-on collision on Interstate 30 near the Miller and Hempstead county line. The Ford Econoline van with a family of nine was traveling eastbound when a Pontiac Firebird crossed the grass me...

Seven children and their parents were rushed to a Texarkana hospital Monday for treatment of injuries that weren’t life-threatening after a car struck the family’s van on Interstate 30.

The driver of the other vehicle was airlifted to a local hospital, where he was treated and released Mo...

Published: 06/23/2009