Interstate Crash Kills One

HOPE – A Sunday morning wreck on Interstate 30 near Hope claimed one life and sent another victim to the hospital. According to the preliminary report from the Arkansas State Police, a 2004 Mercury van was eastbound at the 35 mile marker near Hope when it traveled off the north side of the roadway, striking several trees. Dead is passenger Beth Hessler, 77, of Hereford, Pennsylvania. Injured was the driver, 77-year-old Kenneth Bleiler, of Kutztown, Pennsylvania. He was taken to Christus St. Michael in Texarkana. The investigating trooper was Corporal Christina Bussey.