BENTON COUNTY -- Two wrecks in Benton County killed two people last week.
Warren Shepherd, 41, of Gravette, was driving a vehicle with Solomon Ellis, 40, of Bentonville, at 3:17 p.m. Sunday when Shepherd lost control and the vehicle left the road, according to a fatal accident report from the Arkansas Department of Public Safety.
They were traveling south on Arkansas 59 before their vehicle went off the road, hit a tree and rolled over.
Shepherd died as a result of the crash. Ellis was injured and taken to Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville.
Billie Wix Russell, 35, of Bentonville, was hit by a vehicle at 7:58 p.m. Monday while walking across Dixieland Road in Rogers.
Russell was taken to Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas in Rogers, but died as a result of the injuries, according to another fatal accident report.