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An Oklahoma City man died Wednesday afternoon in a crash on Interstate 40 in Caddo County, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. About 5:10 p.m., Kevin Kizarr, 43, was driving west on I-40 when he went off the road at an exit about five miles north of Hinton. He drove up the embankment and the sport utility vehicle rolled, according to a patrol report. Kizarr died at the scene, troopers said. He was not wearing a seat belt.
The names of victims in a Friday evening crash that killed one and injured two on Interstate 40 at Campbell Station were released Sataurday.
The driver, Claudia Vazquez, 33, was pronounced dead at the scene, and passengers Maria Estrada, 40, and Ofelia Guichapa, 56, were injured, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Their vehicle was heading eastbound on Interstate 40 in the right lane at 5:30 p.m. when it veered off the roadway to the right and struck an embankment, according to the THP report. The vehicle was overturned and all three occupants were ejected.
Westbound Interstate 40 is closed about 30 miles west of the Arizona-New Mexico line due to a truck accident Friday morning.
The Arizona Department of Transportation says travelers should expect an extended closure at Chambers and I-40′s junction with U.S. 191.
ADOT advises drivers to delay travel and to exit I-40 before reaching the closure area.
It says there are no nearby alternate routes to get around the closure. However, westbound motorists can take U.S. 191 south to St. Johns and then take U.S. 180 westbound to return to I-40 at Holbrook.
A police officer was involved in a five-vehicle accident on Interstate 40 Westbound, just before Danny Thomas. Police say that no one involved was seriously injured.
This multi-car accident was reported around 9:45 a.m. on Monday.
Traffic is backed up in that area as the interstate is down to just one lane.
Midwest City authorities closed westbound lanes of Interstate 40 at Air Depot Friday afternoon after a multi-vehicle crash. The road reopen around 2:15 p.m. when authorities were able to clear the cars.
The crash involves at least six vehicles, including a semi-truck.