An El Dorado man has passed away as a result of injuries he sustained in a car accident earlier this month.
Shawn D. Samuels, 33, passed away on Oct. 7 following an accident on Mt. Holly Road.
According to a preliminary accident report from the Arkansas State Police, Samuels was headed west on Mt. Holly Road in his 2008 F-series pickup when the accident occurred shortly after 7:30 p.m.
The report states that Samuels lost control of his vehicle as he attempted to take a left-hand curve. He traveled off the right side of the road before re-entering it and swerving off the left-side of the road and finally striking a tree, according to the ASP.
Samuels' vehicle subsequently caught on fire, causing his fatal injuries, according to the report.
Road and weather conditions at the time of the accident were reportedly clear and dry.
Samuels was the 458th person to be killed in a highway crash in Arkansas this year, and his accident was the 418th fatal crash in the state this year.
Several others from Union County have also been killed in car accidents this year.
Charles Young, 76, died on Oct. 5 due to injuries from a Sept. 19 accident on I-530. Twenty-one-year-old Cam'ron R. Arredondo, of El Dorado, was killed in a single-vehicle accident on Sept. 3. Terry S. Sanders, 60, died in a motorcycle accident on US. 167 on Aug. 25. On May 11, Jimmy Owens, 63, of El Dorado was killed when his vehicle struck a tree. Kevin S. Dore, 67, of Smackover was killed in a single-vehicle accident on May 2.