Arrest after serious accident involving several vehicles on Highway 67

JACKSON COUNTY, Arkansas (KAIT) – Arkansas State Police have arrested a man following a fatal multi-vehicle crash in Jackson County.

According to Third Judicial District Attorney Devon Holder, Charles Benham was arrested on suspicion of reckless arson.

The arrest stems from an accident that occurred on October 3, 2023 near the 99-mile marker on Highway 67 because a fire broke out there.

The ASP report on the fatal accident states that when vehicles entered the smoke, a chain reaction occurred involving five trucks and eleven passenger cars.

According to the report, 68-year-old Thomas Blevins of Logan, Ohio, and 55-year-old Terry Lutz of Somerset, Ohio, both died in the crash.

The report listed six other people as injured: 42-year-old Alfonso Hernandez of Los Fresnos, Texas, 59-year-old Greg Redford of Elkville, Illinois, 39-year-old Sara Guajardo of Painesville, Ohio, 21-year-old Emma Vosburg of Newark, Arkansas, 45-year-old Brittany Cricher of Newark, Arkansas and 42-year-old Eric Tharp of Newport, Arkansas.

Holder said his office is not filing charges against the landowner or anyone else at Cason Farms.

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