KIBLER, Ar. (WHDH) — A 20-year-old woman has died and another woman is injured after the vehicle they were riding in veered off of a highway and slammed into a boulder early Wednesday morning, officials said.
Troopers responding to a report of a crash on Highway 162 in Kibler, Arkansas, around 2:30 a.m. found the frontend of a mangled vehicle leaning up against a boulder on the side of the road, according to Arkansas State Police.
The passenger in the vehicle, Odalis Ramirez Irvin, of Alma, was pronounced dead at the scene, KFSM-TV reported.
The driver, also 20, was extricated from the wreckage and taken to a local hospital. There was no immediate word on her condition.
A preliminary investigation indicates the driver failed to negotiate a right turn before losing control of the vehicle, state police said.
The crash remains under investigation.
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