For the second time in three days, an area man was killed when his motorcycle collided with another vehicle. Twenty-one-year-old Blake Reddell of Western Grove was pronounced dead Saturday at the scene in Newton County.
According to the Arkansas State Police, Reddell was traveling on Arkansas Highway 43 at Ponca. He was reportedly negotiating a right-hand curve, and his motorcycle crossed the center line and struck a pickup truck. The unidentified driver of the truck was not injured.
The weather was clear, and the road was dry at the time of the 11:18 a.m. accident.
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