Lafayette County crash claims life

LEWISVILLE – A crash near Lewisville Tuesday (1-28) in Lafayette County around 9:30pm left a Texarkana man dead. According to the preliminary Arkansas State Police report, a 2014 GMC Sierra driven by Shannon L. Johnston, 54, of Texarkana, was westbound on U.S. Highway 82 when he apparently crossed the center line and struck a 2014 Freightliner driven by Thomas E. Davis of Waldo head-on. Johnston was killed and Davis was injured and transported to Christus St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana.

State Police said the crash happened at 9:30pm. Trooper Jordan Drake was the investigating officer.