7-14-07
A tractor-trailer veered across the center lane of a highway Saturday, causing a head-on collision with another car. The accident killed 5 members of a family in the other car, which included a woman and her four young children, according to police reports.

Leketria Wells, 26, of Monticello, Ark., was killed along with her children;  Lakiyah Wells, 7;  Kaleb Jarrell Stokes, 5; Keyshon Wells, 4; and Lakayla Wells, 2. 57-year-old Roy Lee Jordoan, of Benton, Miss., was driving the truck and was arrested after the crash. Laketria had been a correctional officer at Cummins prison, a spokesman for the Arkansas State Department of Corrections said.