Woman injured in accident
Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008
DECATUR ó Alice Neely of Bella Vista was involved in a one vehicle accident on north Arkansas Highway 59 in Decatur on Nov. 11
Neelyís Jeep Liberty rolled two times, according to witnesses, before coming to rest near the end of the Peterson airport runway.
Neely told Decatur Police she was traveling north on Arkansas Highway 59, when she looked down to check her seat belt because it was too tight. When she looked up, she had run off the road and hit a yellow road sign. Neely told police she was able to get her vehicle back on the roadway and thought it was under control, but then the jeep began to turn back towards the ditch on itís own.
Police Chief Terry Luker noted in his report that the vehicle left the roadway on the east side, leaving tracks in the ditch where the vehicle also hit a yellow marker sign and a culvert with its right front tire.
Luker stated in his report that the driver may have overcorrected, causing her vehicle to run into the ditch a second time and begin to roll.
Neely was transported by ambulance to the Gravette Hospital emergency room.
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