Two dead after motorcycle crash in Newton County, Ark.

NEWTON COUNTY, Ark. — Two people from Bismarck, Arkansas, have died after being thrown from a motorcycle on a highway in Newton County on Friday, June 28.

According to the Arkansas State Police crash report, the accident occurred when 63-year-old Ronald Cooper and 52-year-old Angel Cooper were riding a 2003 Harley Davidson northbound on Highway 123 in Lurton, Arkansas.

At 1:24 p.m., the motorcycle attempted to pass a vehicle in the southbound lane when they were suddenly confronted by an oncoming vehicle. The driver swerved away from the vehicle and went to the west side of the road, throwing both drivers from the motorcycle.

Ronald Cooper was pronounced dead at the scene. Angel Cooper was flown to Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri and later died from her injuries.

The next of kin have been informed.