Report of speeding semi on Highway 71 near Mena

Heard on: Polk County / Mena Public Safety

01:57

00:00

(name withheld) had a big truck driver stop by.

00:03

Said that there's a reckless driver and a semi passed him in a turn lane right back there.

00:11

He was wanting a city officer to see if I could make contact with him.

00:15

He's running about 75, 80 miles an hour.

00:17

He should be coming through Jonesboro right now.

00:25

10-4.

00:30

Did you copy any of that on A1?

00:40

Yes.

00:43

307 met up with an 18-wheeler over at Potter.Apparently another 18-wheeler is heading northbound on Highway 71 towards Mena.

00:53

Reckless driver.

00:58

Get a description of the truck.

01:06

Yeah, the 307 .

01:07

What was the description of the vehicle?

01:11

It's going to be a semi hauling balls about seventy-five mile an hour coming into south city limits of Mena.

01:23

So the vehicle is going to be an E Camara hauling balls, speeding at seventy-five miles per hour, probably in the southern part of Mena at this point.

01:35

Definitely.

01:44

Ten four, thank you.

01:45

I'm not sure as well.

01:46

Catch him now.

01:47

He should be hitting Johnson's Bridge.

01:49

Expect him to be in the south city limits.

01:50

He's going that fast.

01:57

Ten four.

2026-09-30 08:21 UTC

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