A single vehicle crash on Sunday, January 5, claimed the life of a Polk County man. The accident occurred at 6:30 a.m. on U.S. Hwy 270 in Mena.
According to the Arkansas State Police report, Johnnie McKee, 81 of Mena, was traveling west on U.S. Highway 270 in a 2007 Ford F150, when the vehicle left the roadway and struck an embankment. The vehicle would come to rest in the eastbound ditch.
McKee was pronounced dead on the scene.
