Three seriously hurt in multicar accident on Highway 59

A motorcycle accident occurred, followed up by a six-vehicle pileup on Highway 59, next to the Sonic. According to Police Chief Greg Restell, at approximately 12:15 on Saturday, a black Escalade collided with a semi-truck hauling another semi causing a series of other collisions. There were multiple injuries. Both individuals in the black SUV were badly injured. The driver was taken to Wadley and then airlifted to Little Rock, where the wife was taken first to Christus - Atlanta then airlifted to Shreveport. The driver for the Chevrolet was also airlifted to Shreveport.

The semi-driver was charged with unsafe driving speed. Restelle said preliminary findings showed that he did not brake, however, all vehicles have been taken in to do further investigations.

The earlier accident with the motorcyclist was a single-vehicle accident and the rider only had minor injuries.