An Ashdown man was killed shortly after midnight Thursday, Sept. 25, in Little River County.
According to an Arkansas State Police preliminary fatal crash summary, Matthew Gilley, 42, was traveling east on Arkansas Highway 32 in a 2013 GMC Yukon. Gilley’s steered the vehicle off the roadway and struck a culvert.
Gilley was transported to Christus St. Michael’s Hospital in Texarkana, where he succumbed to injuries.
The weather was clear at the time of the accident, and the roads were dry, according to State Trooper Ian Nelson, who noted the time of the accident to be 12:10 a.m.
Late Friday night in rural Union County, a one-vehicle rollover left one person dead and another injured.
Chad H. Womack, 41, of Huttig, was traveling north on Arkansas Highway 129 when the 2014 Dodge he was driving left the roadway and overturned several times. Womack’s passenger, 35-year-old Joann Womack, also of Huttig, was taken to South Arkansas Regional Hospital for injuries.
Chad Womack’s body was taken to Perry’s Funeral Home.
The crash happened at 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, under clear skies and on dry roads, according to investigating State Trooper Justin Harper.
Editor’s Note: Information for this article was drawn from preliminary Arkansas State Police reports. These reports sometimes contain information that turns out to be inaccurate. Typical errors include spelling mistakes in names, or incorrect ages; outdated hometown information; vehicle direction of travel; and incident times.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.
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