Arkansas State Police say a Texarkana pedestrian was killed late Sunday in rural Columbia County.
According to a preliminary fatal crash summary, William H. Cobb, 78, was in the southbound lane of traffic on US Highway 371 when an unknown vehicle struck him. The report does not indicate which direction the vehicle was traveling.
The weather and roads were clear at the time of the incident, which happened at about 10:12 p.m. Sunday, June 7.
Cobb’s body was transported to R.L. Reed Funeral Home in Magnolia.
State Trooper Trey Williams is investigating the fatality.
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 Typical errors include spelling errors in names, or incorrect ages; outdated hometown information; vehicle direction of travel; and incident times.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.