September 24, 2024
MIDWAY, Ark. — Arkansas State Police (ASP) is asking the public for assistance in gathering information about a hit-and-run pedestrian accident that occurred the evening of Monday, September 23, 2024, on U.S. Highway 167 near the White County/Independence County line. The victim sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
At about 9 p.m., the White County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a pedestrian was hit on the highway between Simpson Lane and Ransom Smith Road. The victim, an 84-year-old white woman wearing a white tank top and blue jeans, was last seen near her home on Sweet Pine Lane between 7:30 and 8 p.m. Investigators believe she was walking south on the southbound shoulder of U.S. Highway 167 when a vehicle struck her between 7:30 and 9 p.m.
Anyone with information about this incident should call ASP Troop B Dispatch at (870) 523-2702.