A Texas man died in a three-car pileup that left two others injured on Interstate 30 in Southwest Arkansas
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SOCIAL HILL, Arkansas — Two tractor-trailers and a passenger vehicle were involved in a three-car pileup Sunday morning that left one person deceased and two others injured.
According to an Arkansas State Police preliminary fatal crash summary report, Adrian Valladarez, 67, of Rio Hondo, Texas, was traveling east on Interstate 30 near the 89 mile-marker in the inside lane. Valladarez, driving a 2014 Volvo, crashed into the left rear of a 2017 Kenworth traveling in front of him. That collision apparently caused Valladarez’s Volvo to crash into a 2015 Honda, also traveling east.
All three vehicles then “skidded off the roadway and crashed into the roadside tree line,” the report states. Valladarez was pronounced dead at the scene by the Hot Spring County coroner. His body was transported to the Arkansas State Crime Lab.
The drivers of the Kenworth and Honda were identified, respectively, as Khalid Hussein, 66, of Wylie, Texas, and Traci Mayers, 55, of Las Cruses, New Mexico. They were transported to hospitals in Malvern and Hot Springs for treatment to injuries not listed in the report.
The accident happened at 10:23 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 31, under clear skies and on dry roads, according to investigating Trooper Justin Parker.
Editor’s Note: Preliminary Arkansas State Police fatality reports sometimes contain information that turns out to be inaccurate. Typical errors include spelling errors in names, or incorrect ages; outdated hometown information; vehicle direction of travel; and incident times. The ASP sometimes corrects these errors in updated reports. ASP reports omit names of passengers or drivers who are not injured, even in instances when uninjured drivers may appear to be at fault. The reports also omit names of juveniles who were injured or killed, although we report those names when obtained through other sources.