Two accidents four days apart in Newton County kills 21 and 86 year-old county residents

Two separate vehicle accidents four days apart in Newton County took the lives of a pair of Arkansas residents this week according to the Arkansas State Police.

On Saturday, 21-year-old Blake Reddell of Western Grove was southbound on State Highway 43 just south of State Highway 103 in Ponca on a 2020 Yamaha MT07 attempting to negotiate a right-hand curve. Redell crossed the centerline and struck a 2017 northbound Ford F550 head on. The accident occurred at 11:18 Saturday morning.

Redell was declared dead at the scene and transported to Holts Funeral Home in Harrison.

Earlier in the week, an 86-year-old Western Grove man was killed in another accident that occurred on Tuesday at 8:48 a.m.

According to the Arkansas State Police preliminary accident report, Daniel Melvin Guynn was eastbound in a 2018 NIssan on NC Road 4007 near the intersection of Newton County Road in a rural part of the county. Guynn failed to yield as he attempted to turn left onto US 65.

The Nissan was struck by a southbound 2017 GMC pick-up. The Guynn vehicle was struck as it crossed the southbound lane of US Highway 65 and came to rest in the center of the road facing northeast. Guynn was pronounced dead at the scene and transported tp Cox Medical Center in Harrison.