BENTONVILLE, AR. (THECOUNT) — Kelley Cradduck, a former Bentonville, Arkansas Sheriff, was killed Sunday in a single-vehicle crash in Oklahoma, according to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Cradduck, 49, was operating a vehicle on Oklahoma 82 in Mayes County when he died in a crash, according to Monday reports.
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According to OHP, Cradduck was driving a Ford Ranger on OK-82 around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway.
The vehicle then struck a sign, several small trees and rolled over an undetermined number of times before coming to a rest.
Cradduck got out of the vehicle and walked 220 feet north on the other side of the highway where he was found deceased og blunt for trauma.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
The weather was clear and the road was dry, according to the report.
Cradduck was elected to two terms as sheriff. He was sheriff from 2013 to 2016, according to NWAOnline.
He also demoted to a Rogers patrol sergeant where he served for several years.
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Mayes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,259. Its county seat is Pryor Creek. Named for Samuel Houston Mayes, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1895 to 1899, it was originally created at the Sequoyah Convention in August 1905 – wikipedia.