One person was killed in an accident in El Dorado last weekend. El Dorado police officers responded to a call of a one-vehicle accident near Third Avenue and Boyer Road. Officers found a fatality accident with one person dead at the scene and one badly injured. Officers determine the car was being driven at a high rate of speed when the driver failed to negotiate a curve and left the roadway. The vehicle struck a light pole and rolled numerous times and came to a rest in an empty lot. Both occupants were not wearing seatbelts. Derrick L. Plummer, 32 of El Dorado, was killed in the accident. James W. Picket, 32, of El Dorado was taken to Wesley Medical Center with injuries.
