AR Man John Sloan ID’d As Pedestrian Struck In Fatal Saturday Pine Bluff Collision

JEFFERSON COUNTY, AR. (THECOUNT) — John Sloan of White Hall, AR, has been identified as the pedestrian struck and killed Saturday night in Jefferson County.

Sloan, 39, was walking on Gravel Pit Road, in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, AR, when he was struck by a vehicle driven by 54-year-old Scott Allen, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s office report that Allen told them that Sloan was walking along Gravel Pit Road when the collision occurred.

The driver of the vehicle that reportedly struck Sloan has been identified as 54-year-old Scott Allen. According to police, Allen and his wife were both in the vehicle that struck Sloan. Neither Allen were injured in the accident. source

Sloan was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt for trauma injuries consistent with the violent collision.

Jefferson County Coroner said the State Crime Laboratory will conduct an autopsy on Sloan to determine the official cause and manner of death.

Anyone with possible information on the fatal collision should contact police at 911.

Pine Bluff is the tenth-largest city in the state of Arkansas and the county seat of Jefferson County. It is the principal city of the Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff Combined Statistical Area, according to Wikipedia.