Two Polk County residents were killed in a crash in Scott County on Saturday, October 17.
The accident, which occurred at 3:25 p.m. at U.S. Highway 71 and State Highway 378., claimed the lives of Mena residents John Kendrick, 64, and Shalotta Daniel, 41.
According to the Arkansas State Police report, the vehicle, a 2015 Ford Explorer, left the right side of the roadway, struck a telephone pole and then a tree. The vehicle came to a rest in the east side ditch, facing east. Both Kendrick and Daniel were pronounced dead on the scene.
