Sean Mabrey dies in Sunday car accident

6:34 PM, May 15, 2011   |    comments
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KTHV) -- An early morning accident on I-540 in Fayetteville leaves one man dead and two women injured.

Just before 2 a.m. Sunday morning, a 1997 Mazda Miata driven by Dorothy Hill, 40, of Farmington was traveling Northbound in the Southbound lanes of I-540 when it struck a 2003 Toyota Corolla driven by Kathleen Mellinger, 26, of Fayetteville.

The accident killed a passenger in the Corolla, 26-year old Sean Mabrey of Fayetteville and sending both drivers to the hospital.

Police are investigating why the Miata was traveling the wrong direction on the interstate.