Skateboarder dies after falling into path of truck | Regional News

A skateboarder died in an accident on a highway in Ozark (Franklin County) on Wednesday.

According to a preliminary report from the Arkansas State Police, 25-year-old Todd Ingram of Ozark fell from his skateboard onto Arkansas 23 North in Ozark, where he was struck by a northbound 2006 Ford Ranger truck.

Ingram was taken to Ozark Mercy Hospital, where he died.

The driver of the truck was not injured and was not identified in the Arkansas State Police report.

The accident occurred at around 2:59 p.m. The weather was clear and the road was dry.

Patrolman Dillon Hancock investigated the death for the Ozark Police Department.

Editor’s note: Arkansas State Police preliminary fatality reports sometimes contain information that turns out to be inaccurate. Typical errors include misspellings of names or incorrect ages, outdated information about residence, direction of travel of the vehicle and time of the incident. The ASP sometimes corrects these errors in updated reports. ASP reports are missing the names of passengers or drivers who are not injured, even in cases where uninjured drivers appear to be at fault.