Wanda Floyed Killed, Jan Harmon Injured in Car Accident in Batesville, AR
Independence County, AR — February 5, 2026, Wanda Floyed was killed and Jan Harmon was injured after a car accident at around 4:20 p.m. on Camp Tahkodah Road.
The Arkansas Department of Public Safety released preliminary statements about the accident.
According to the authorities, 76-year-old Wanda Floyed was in a Jeep Cherokee going southbound along the highway. 47-year-old Jan Harmon was in a Nissan Maxima traveling northbound. It appears the Nissan somehow crossed left of center, and the vehicles collided.
Wanda Floyed reportedly died due to the crash. Jan Harmon was listed as injured. Right now, there are no additional details available about the crash.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
After any car accident, it's important that victims and families know all possible factors are getting proper attention. In my experience, it can be helpful to consider some key questions early on:
- Do authorities have well-equipped, well-trained officers with ample time looking at the facts, or is the crash a low priority?
- Have investigators inspected the vehicles for potential defects, either that caused the crash or caused a survivable crash to instead be fatal?
- Is all electronic data being preserved (cell phones, GPS, vehicle data, camera footage, etc.)?
These aren't the only questions that matter after an accident—not by a long shot. However, they can be a canary in the coal mine. If authorities can provide satisfactory answers, that's a good sign they're taking the investigations seriously. But if families ever feel authorities aren't providing clear answers, then that can be a sign that independent investigators need to step in so nothing important slips through the cracks.
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