October 16, 2025

EARLE, Ark. — The Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) is requesting the public’s assistance in obtaining information about a fatal hit-and-run incident that occurred on Friday, October 10, 2025.

At approximately 10:30 p.m., ASP received a call reporting a service truck parked on the shoulder of Interstate 40 near the 262-mile marker, just east of the Earle exit. The caller advised that the truck’s hazard lights were flashing and that it appeared a person was lying in the right lane of traffic.

Responding Troopers determined that the victim, Jacob Allen Marquis, 18, of Marked Tree had been struck by an unknown vehicle and was deceased at the scene. A preliminary investigation indicated that Marquis, who worked for a nearby business, had been dispatched to repair a tire for a vehicle and that he had arrived at the scene at approximately 8:36 p.m.

ASP CID investigators are asking anyone who may have been traveling through the area between 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., or who may have witnessed the incident or the vehicle involved, to contact investigators.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the ASP Troop D Headquarters at (870) 970-6082.

The investigation is ongoing.