Lake City, AR – (JonesboroRightNow.com) – August 9, 2024 – Identities of the victims of a wreck that claimed two lives on Friday afternoon have been released.
Killed was Mark Gibson, 56 of Jonesboro, listed as a passenger in the 2018 Ford E-350 ambulance (Vehicle 2). He was an employee of Emerson Ambulance Service and was riding in the back of the vehicle with a patient.
Also killed Janet Chapman, 67 of Blytheville, listed as the driver of a 2024 Nissan Sentra (Vehicle 1). She reportedly crossed the continuous center turn lane into the inside West bound lane and hit the ambulance head on in the inside West bound lane.
There were two injuries listed. Cherie Gibson, 54 of Jonesboro was listed as the driver of the ambulance. Phyllis Moore, 72 of Manila was a patient passenger in the ambulance. Injured were taken to Regional One Medical Center in Memphis according to the State Police fatality report. The condition of the two injured was unknown.
Arkansas State Police Trooper Nash Thomas investigated the wreck.
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