A TEXarkana man died following a 3:19 a.m. Friday wreck on U.S. 371 in Sevier County east of Lockesburg.
According to a preliminary Arkansas State Police report, Rodricus U. Townsend, 23, was driving a 2008 model Honda Pilot east on the highway. It was raining and Townsend lost control while negotiating a curve. The vehicle rolled over into the south ditch. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Trooper 1st Class Joshua Broughton investigated the accident for the Arkansas State Police.
While Townsendâs dead happened early on New Yearâs Day, it wasnât the first in Arkansas in 2021. Thunder Tye Finney, 22 of Pocahontas died about 1 a.m. Friday when the 1999 Chevrolet pick-up in which she was a passenger left Arkansas 34 in Lawrence County during a rainstorm and overturned. The driver, Christopher J. Finney, 22, of Pocahontas, was injured.
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