Accident leaves one dead another critically injured

HOT SPRINGS, AR – Police are still trying to determine the cause of an accident that killed one person and left another critically injured. Investigators say it happened just before midnight, Friday night.

McCrary Means with the Hot Springs Police Department tells us officers were called at 11:53pm, Friday, to the accident scene near the intersection of westbound MLK and Airport Road. That’s where they found both victims suffering from severe injuries.

Both were taken to a local hospital where one of the victims passed away and the other remains in critical condition. The names of the victims are not yet available.