Saturday just before 4:30pm a fatal accident occurred when two vehicles struck one another on Highway 41 near De Queen.
According to Arkansas State Police, Jessica Baig, 32, and Mirza Baig, 35 both of Horatio, and a minor died when their southbound 2013 Buick Enclave was struck by a northbound 2016 Ram truck driven by Justin Williams, 25, of Taylor, Texas.
Reports state that Williams crossed the centerline and struck the Buick. Upon impact the Buick overturned several times and came to rest upright.
A surviving minor girl that was in the Buick with the Baigs was transported to Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas.
Authorities have not released the minors names.
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