Two young people die in rainy morning accident
Published 12:00 am Saturday, November 7, 2026
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BATAVIA — A wet and rainy Tuesday morning led to tragedy on the highway.
According to the Arkansas Department of Public Safety, Isaiah Riddell, 19 of Jasper, and an unnamed minor were both killed in an accident. Two vehicles were involved in the accident that occurred in the morning hours of Tuesday, November 3. The accident happened on State Highway 392.
According to the report, A 2001 Jeep Cherokee left a parking lot to go eastbound and entered the westbound lane. It was at this time that the Jeep Cherokee struck a 2014 Kawasaki head on. The Kawasaki was being driven by Riddell, the minor was riding along as passenger. The report listed the weather as rainy and the road conditions as wet.
The accident in Batavia marks the 381st accident on Arkansas roads. Both deaths bring the total number of highway accident related deaths to 400. As of the writing of this article, there have been 404 deaths. This is down from last year, where it was around 450.
