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PB MAN DIES FOLLOWING VEHICLE ACCIDENT

By Erin France/OF THE COMMERCIAL STAFF
Saturday, November 7, 2009 12:33 AM CST

A Pine Bluff resident died Friday morning after a collision on U.S. 270 with an 18-wheeler.

Marcus Rouse, 20, was pronounced dead at 7:15 a.m., Jefferson County Coroner Chad Kelley said.

Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said the accident occurred after 6 a.m. Friday.

The preliminary State Police report said Rouse was driving a 1995 Honda Accord east on U.S. 270, when the vehicle crossed the center line and struck a 1997 Freightliner head-on. The 18-wheeler was traveling west.

Rouse reportedly was not wearing a seat belt.

The driver of the second vehicle, Charles Roberts, 55, of Mount Ida, also was injured. He was wearing a seat belt, according to the crash report.

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