Marked Tree, AR – (JonesboroRightNow.com) – A Craighead County man was killed in a two-vehicle accident near Marked Tree (Poinsett County) around 5:50 Friday night.
Larry Alton Neal, 56, of Bay, was Northbound on Interstate 555 in his 2000 Mazda when he left the road, struck a cable barrier and traveled through the median into the Southbound lane of traffic where his vehicle was struck by a 2023 Freightliner semi-truck driven by Mark Carter Torbert, Jr., 48, of Hurtsboro, Alabama according to an accident report released by the Arkansas State Police.
Corporal Tommy Fitzgerald with the Arkansas State Police said Torbert was taken to NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro. His condition was unknown.
Fitzgerald wrote in his report that the highway was wet at the time of the accident.
CORRECTION: The original version of this article had Neal’s age listed incorrectly.
