GREENWOOD, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A Greenwood teen died in the early morning hours of Sunday, Dec. 12, after striking a tree in his vehicle, a post by the Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.
At approximately 2 a.m., the Sheriff’s Office received a call regarding a one-vehicle crash on Tennessee Ridge Road in Fort Smith, Ark.
Authorities arrived to find a vehicle occupied by Garrett Harralson, 17, had struck a tree after failing to turn for a curve before going off the road.
Harralson was taken to a Fort Smith hospital where he later died.
According to the Greenwood High School Wrestling Facebook page, Harralson was a wrestler and in his senior year at the school.