A head-on collision Monday afternoon left a Malvern man dead and another Malvern resident injured on US Highway 270.
The crash happened in a curve at the 5500 block of Highway 270 between Malvern and Jones Mills. According to an Arkansas State Police preliminary fatal crash summary, 40-year-old Terry Eugene Hill was westbound in a 2015 Jeep when he failed to negotiate a curve and crossed into the eastbound lanes of traffic, striking a transit van head-on.
Hill died at the scene.
The van’s driver, Alice Sandra Amanda Banks, 32 and also of Malvern, was transported to UAMS Medical Center for treatment to injuries not listed in the report.
The crash happened at 4:05 p.m. July 29, 2024, under clear skies and on dry roads, according to investigating state trooper Cpl. Kyle Sheldon.
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 Typical errors include spelling errors in names, or incorrect ages; outdated hometown information; vehicle direction of travel; and incident times.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.