AP Associated Press
BAY, Ark – Police says five people were killed and five more were hurt when a car traveling in the wrong lane collided with a van carrying handicapped people.
Officers at the scene say the drivers of both vehicles were killed in the accident about 2:15 p.m. Wednesday. Two passengers in the van also died.
State police said later that a third van passenger taken by helicopter to a hospital at Memphis, Tenn., about 50 miles southeast, died, bringing the death toll to five.
Authorities say the van involved was owned by Focus Inc., which provides services for developmentally disabled adults.
The accident occurred when the driver of the car was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of U.S. 63 between Bay and Jonesboro, about 5 miles southeast of Jonesboro.
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