Interstate Wreck Near Hope Claims Child

By Dale Gathright, Jr., 05/25/20 12:15 PM
HOPE – A Sunday night wreck near Hope claimed the life of a juvenile from the nation of Vietnam. (The name of the child was not released.) According to the preliminary report from the Arkansas State Police, a BMW X5 was eastbound on Interstate 30 near the 27 mile marker in Hempstead County when it exited the the north side of the roadway and struck a tree. The juvenile was pronounced dead at 7:02 pm by Hempstead County Coroner David Peters.
Injured was Quan Tran, 25, and Khiem Nguyen, 50, both of Hot Springs, and Huy Nguyen, 37, and Suong Nguyen, 27, also from Vietnam. The injured were taken to Wadley Regional Medical Center and St. Micheal’s Medical Center in Texarkana. Trooper Antonio May investigated.