BNPD INVESTIGATING FATAL PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT

Benton Police Department responded to the Carpenter Street overpass just before 8:30 Monday evening in reference to a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle. A female victim, 54-year-old Heidi Taylor of Benton, was transported to a nearby hospital, where she later succumbed to her injuries.

The Benton Police Department, along with other agencies, will be teaming up with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration this Thanksgiving on a high-visibility Click It or Ticket campaign in an effort to reduce fatalities resulting from a failure to buckle up.