Public help wanted to locate suspect in West Memphis highway worker fatality

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Calvion Thomas (Photos courtesy of Arkansas State Police)

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. – The Arkansas State Police (ASP) is assisting the U.S. Marshals Service in locating Calvion Dayshun Thomas, 23, of Memphis, Tenn. Thomas is wanted in connection to the death of Justin Delgado, 36, of Lola, Texas.

On Sept. 18 at around 10 p.m., Delgado was working in the Interstate 55 construction zone when he was hit and killed during a pursuit by the West Memphis Police Department (WMPD). During the WMPD’s pursuit, which began after WMPD stopped a maroon Corvette on East Broadway for a traffic violation, the suspect fled from police at high rate of speed and entered I-55 South, heading into a construction zone near the 3-mile marker. The suspect vehicle struck Delgado and another worker contracted by the Arkansas Department of Transportation. The second injured worker remains in serious condition.

Thomas faces felony charges of first-degree murder, first-degree battery, theft by receiving and fleeing.

If you have any information on Thomas’ whereabouts, please call 1-877-Wanted-2 (1-877-926-8332).

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