El Dorado, Texarkana drivers killed in Friday morning head-on crash, state police say

According to a preliminary crash report, 29-year-old Laderick D. Franklin was driving east on U.S. 82 east of Texarkana when his 2012 Jeep Compass crossed the highway's centerline shortly before 12:30 a.m. and struck a westbound 1996 Chevrolet S-10 head-on.

Franklin and the pickup's driver — 39-year-old Louie Scott Holmes of El Dorado — were both pronounced dead at the scene by the Miller County coroner, authorities said.

The report did not list what caused Franklin, a Texarkana resident, to cross into the westbound lanes.

State police said the weather was clear and the road was dry at the time of the crash.

The deaths are two of at least 196 reported in wrecks on state roads this year, according to preliminary information.

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