Sallisaw woman recounts near-death leap from bridge

When confronted with a near-death situation, survivors often report that, as the emotional event unfolds, their life flashed before their eyes.

Malora Stites of Sallisaw knows all too well the almost instantaneous reliving of vivid memories from her 18 years of life.

In the blackness of a rural Arkansas night just three days after Christmas, Stites’ life changed in seconds. As she stood on the shoulder of I-49 at about 3:45 a.m. in Crawford County, thankful she had survived losing control of her...