Woman, 52, and child die in crash near Doddridge

Four girls taken to area hospital

A woman and a child were killed Thursday in a wreck on Interstate 49 in Doddridge according to an Arkansas State Police report.

Verita G. Rone, 52 of Bossier City, La., and an unnamed female minor were killed in the crash according to the report.

The crash happened at 9:52 a.m. Thursday at the 6-mile marker on Interstate 49 in Doddridge, Ark.

Rone was traveling south on Interstate 49 in a 1998 Toyota Corolla when it veered off the left shoulder overturned and came to a rest in the median according to the report.

Four other female minors from Texarkana, Hope, Ark., and Conway, Ark., were injured in the accident. The injured girls were taken to CHRISTUS St. Michael and LSU Medical Center in Shreveport.

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