Tow Truck Crash on State Route 4 Claims Prospect Woman’s Li…

Car Crash Arkansas Today in Arkansas: A Wednesday afternoon crash involving a tow truck and three other vehicles claimed the life of a 63-year-old Prospect woman at the intersection of State Route 4 and Kaiser Road in Union County. A 2017 Jeep Compass was stopped in the southbound lane waiting to turn left onto Kaiser Road when it was struck from behind by a 2015 Peterbilt tow truck operated by Kirby's Towing of Richwood. The impact caused the tow truck to veer across the center line into northbound traffic, colliding with a 2020 Ford F-150 and then a 2011 Acura TL. The driver of the Acura was pronounced dead at the scene; the tow truck driver was transported to Memorial Hospital in Marysville for treatment of injuries; the drivers of the Jeep and Ford F-150 were not injured.