Fatal crash claims 3 family members; husband, wife and child die in collision; second child injured

De QUEEN, Ark. - Three family members died Saturday in a head-on collision south of De Queen.

Driver Jessica Baig, 32, her husband Mirza Baig, 35, and a girl, all residents of Horatio, Ark., were killed about 4:20 p.m. when a northbound 2016 Dodge Ram crossed the roadway's center line and struck their southbound 2013 Buick Enclave head-on, forcing it to flip several times before it came to a final resting place upright along Arkansas State Highway 41.

A second female child in the Baig vehicle was injured and taken to Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. The Dodge Ram's driver, Justin Williams, of Taylor, Texas, was taken to Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas.

-From Staff Reports

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