CAMDEN — By TAMMY FRAZIER
Managing editor
A probable cause affidavit filed in circuit court shows that on Jan/ 8, a woman from Fordyce was charged with the hit-and-run death of an El Dorado woman killed in Hampton on New Year’s Day.
According to a fatality report from the Arkansas State Police, the accident happened at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, on U.S. 167.
Jocelyne Evans, 28, of Fordyce, was reportedly driving a 2010 GMC Acadia south on U.S. 167 when the vehicle went across the northbound traffic lane and left the road, traveling 130 feet south before hitting Melissa Womack, 40, of El Dorado, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Evans has been charged with negligent homicide, driving while intoxicated, and leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injury or death.
The document states that Evans crossed the center line of the roadway and struck Womack, causing her to “travel approximately 60 feet” and come to rest in the parking lot of Granny’s Grill in Hampton.
Womack had been walking along the roadside near the Hampton eatery.
Evans left the scene, but did return to the area shortly after the accident, the affidavit states.
Authorities at the scene performed a Breathalyzer test on Evans, which showed that she was over the legal the limit for alcohol in her system.
Evans had her first court appearance on Jan. 2, and the information was filed in the circuit court of Calhoun County on Jan. 8.
During that hearing, Evans requested an indigence determination for the purpose of determining the possibility of receiving a court-appointed attorney.
It was determined to that she is indigent, and she will be assigned an attorney.
Evans was given a bond of $200,000 and a curfew from the hours of 5 p.m. until 8 a.m.
She must also consent to having items searched by law enforcement officers, and must not possess alcohol, drugs or a firearm.