One area man was killed and another injured in a two-vehicle crash in Newport Thursday morning. Killed in the accident was 72-year-old Barry W. Bowman of Horseshoe Bend. Forty-five-year-old Mark Davis of Mammoth Spring, along with men from Jonesboro and Frankston, Texas, were injured and taken to a hospital in Newport for treatment.
According to the preliminary fatal crash report from the Arkansas State Police, the accident happened when Bowman failed to yield at an intersection and pulled into path of a vehicle driven by the Texas man.
The crash happened at the intersection of state highways 14 and 367 in Newport.
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