A Gainesville man was injured Monday afternoon when his vehicle was rear-ended, causing it to hit a Mountain Home flower shop. Mountain Home Police Officer Josh Evans says 66 year old Ed DeLeon of Gainesville was transported to Baxter Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries following the accident which occurred shortly after 3 p.m..
The accident, at the intersection of Bomber Boulevard and U. S. Highway 62 west, occurred when DeLeon was stopped at the traffic light and his vehicle was hit by a vehicle driven by 32 year old Mashan Howart of Mountain Home. The impact of the crash caused DeLeon’s vehicle to hit Annette’s Flower Shop on Highway 62.
Evans says Howart, who was uninjured in the accident, was charged with careless driving and damage to Annette’s Flower Shop was minimal.
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