Police: 2 women die; Dodge Challenger didn’t yield to semi

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CLAY, La. (AP) State police say two Louisiana women died when the driver failed to yield to oncoming traffic and the car was hit by a tractor-trailer.

Master Trooper Michael Reichardt said in a news release Wednesday a trucker from Arkansas was injured in the crash Tuesday evening on Louisiana Highway 167 near the Jackson Parish community of Clay.

In a phone interview, Reichardt said investigators don’t know whether the
driver of the 2014 Dodge Challenger failed to see the 2015 Mack truck or ignored
a yield sign when she turned left on the divided four-lane highway toward
Highway 148.

He says 20-year-old Madison Henson of Eros and her passenger, 22-year-old
Corinna Hoffman of Shreveport, died at the scene.

Reichardt says the crash injured 56-year-old Jerry Manhart of Camden,
Arkansas.

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