1 killed, 4 injured in motorcycle vs UTV crash

POINSETT COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - A Lepanto woman died Friday night when a motorcycle slammed into her utility terrain vehicle.

Arkansas State Police reported the crash happened at 6:50 p.m. on State Highway 140 in rural Poinsett County.

Aleshia D. Guerra, 39, was turning her Polaris Ranger into a private driveway when a Suzuki GSXR 1000 driven by 23-year-old Xzavier D. Reed of Jonesboro collided with her UTV.

According to the preliminary fatal crash report, Reed had passed several vehicles prior to impact.

Both vehicles came to a rest in a ditch on the south side of the highway.

Guerra was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:26 p.m.

Reed and three minors on the UTV, all of Lepanto, suffered injuries and were taken to the hospital.

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