Arkansas State Police are reporting a Batesville woman died Wednesday in a rural Jackson County crash.

According to ASP the crash happened at 3:26 p.m. May 25th on Highway 69.

Shannah Lee Malone, age 25, was southbound when her 2006 Chevrolet crossed the center line into the oncoming traffic.

According to ASP’s fatal crash summary, Travis Gray Davis, age 43 of Newport, who was northbound in a 1996 GMC, was unable to avoid the crash.

Authorities say Malone’s vehicle struck the front driver’s side of Davis’s vehicle, killing Malone and injuring Davis.
Davis was taken to UAMS in Little Rock with unspecified injuries.