Two people killed when hit by cars following accident

HOT SPRINGS, AR – Two people are dead after they were hit by cars following an accident. It happened just before midnight, Friday, in Hot Springs.

The victims are identified in Arkansas State Police reports as 21 year old Jayna Beverlin of Hot Springs and 32 year old Robert Haney of Hot Springs. Two other people were also injured in the series of crashes.

A report from Arkansas State Police says Beverlin was driving an eastbound car on the MLK Expressway in Hot Springs that hit the concrete divider wall and came to rest in the roadway. The 21 year old Beverlin was standing beside her wrecked car when it was hit by another vehicle, killing her. 32 year old Robert Haney had stopped to render aid in the initial accident. The impact that killed Beverlin also threw Haney over the divider wall where he was hit and killed by a westbound vehicle.

Police say the series of crashes happened on the MLK Expressway at Airport Road in Hot Springs.