LAKE VILLAGE FATAL 3-26-12

ACROSS THE RIVER, TWO MEN FIGHTING ON THE HIGHWAY ARE HIT AND KILLED BY A BIG RIG. THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY 82 JUST EAST OF LAKE VILLAGE IN CHICOT COUNTY AROUND 1-30 SUNDAY MORNING. SHERIFF RON NICHOLS SAYS THE MEN WERE TRAVELING WITH THEIR GIRLFRIENDS AND ANOTHER COUPLE, WHEN THEY GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT, AND BEGAN FIGHTING INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER PULLING OVER IN HOPES OF STOPPING THE FIGHT BUT 22-YEAR-OLD ROBERT CHRISTOPHER AND 16-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA BROOKS, BOTH FROM OAK GROVE LOUISIANA BEGAN BRAWLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. AN 18 WHEELER STRUCK AND RAN OVER THEM, NEITHER SURVIVED. AUTHORITIES SAY THE MEN WERE NOT RELATED AND HAVE NOT DETERMINED WHY THEY WERE FIGHTING. THE DRIVER OF THE BIG RIG WAS NOT INJURED.

Donald Curtis Ray, 42, of Celeste, Texas, was the driver of the truck. Ray told family members that he had just crossed the Mississippi River bridge when he rounded a curve near a construction site and felt a bump in the road. He stopped a few miles later because of a radiator leak. While inspecting his truck, he was approached by another motorist, who told Ray he had run over two people.

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Sometimes... it's really funny when people die.