A Mountain View woman was killed in a traffic accident Friday afternoon on State Highway 9, north of Shirley in Van Buren County.
According to the Arkansas State Police preliminary report, a Freightliner 18-wheeler was southbound on Highway 9 and negotiating a curve to the right while a Dodge Caravan driven by Dada Furrer, 80, of Mountain View, was northbound and negotiating the same curve to the left.
The report said the driver of the 18-wheeler applied the vehicle’s brakes. When he did that, his trailer began to slide across the centerline causing impact with Furrer’s vehicle.
The weather was cloudy and the roadway wet at the time of the accident, the report noted.
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