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Arkansas State Police: One dead in Highway 9 rollover crash

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A Salem man was killed Wednesday afternoon when his pickup left State Highway 9 and overturned several times, according to an Arkansas State Police fatality report.

Maxwell A. Ward, 36, was driving a 2003 Dodge Ram northbound around 4:36 p.m. when the truck veered off the roadway, struck a driveway embankment, and rolled multiple times, troopers said.

The weather was clear and the road was dry at the time of the crash, according to the report.


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