A rural Mountain Home woman was injured in a one-vehicle accident last Tuesday night in Baxter County. Twenty-three-year-old Whitney Mendenhall was transported by ambulance to Baxter Health with what was termed a suspected minor injury.
According to the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office, Mendenhall was heading towart the Norfork Dam on Arkansas Highway 177. While negotiating a left curve, she reportedly lost control and overcorrected when she tried to compensate. The vehicle cross the center line, went off the opposite side of the roadway, turned on its driver side and came to a rest in a ditch.
Damage to the vehicle from the 9:29 p.m. accident was estimated at $10,000.
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