HUNTSVILLE (KFSM) — A Springdale motorcyclist was killed after colliding with a semitrailer along U.S. Highway 412 around 9 a.m. Tuesday morning (Sept. 1).
Jonathan J. Avila Gutierrez, 26, was killed when his motorcycle collided with the front of a semitrailer, according to a release by the Arkansas State Police. He was traveling east along the highway when he attempted to pass a tractor-trailer heading in the same direction. Gutierrez swerved into the truck to avoid a head-on collision with another oncoming vehicle.
Gutierrez’s body was taken to Breshears Funeral Home in Huntsville. The driver of the semitrailer was uninjured.