Crittenden County Sheriff’s Department reports say Bryan Baumann was the driver and only occupant of a 2003 Mitsubishi Galant that was traveling westbound when for an unknown reason exited the right side of the highway, went over a guardrail, down an embankment and struck a utility pole.
The crash happened shortly after 10 p.m.
Sheriff Wayne Agent said the wreck remains under investigation.
It was the first fatal traffic accident in the county this year.
