A young South Arkansas woman was killed Thursday morning near Hope.
According to an Arkansas State Police preliminary fatal crash summary, 22-year-old Courtney Swearengin, of Junction City, was driving west on Arkansas Highway 73 toward Hope when she drove off the north side of the road near Nevada County Road 275, struck a culvert and went airborne before colliding with an embankment on the opposite side of the highway. The 2003 Honda Accord came to a final rest in Whiteside Creek.
The crash happened about 8 miles east of Hope near the Hempstead/Nevada county line.
Investigating state Trooper Diondre Fuller noted the time of the accident as 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, under clear skies and on dry roads.
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 Typical errors include spelling errors in names, or incorrect ages; outdated hometown information; vehicle direction of travel; and incident times.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.