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Authorities say one man drowned after he was thrown from his fishing boat on Claremore Lake.
The Rogers County Sheriff’s Office say two men were fishing Thursday when their boat starting spinning out of control. Police say both men were thrown from the boat.
Authorities say one man was rescued but the second man, later identified as Jonathon McClure, 19, drowned.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a 24-year-old Arkansas man was killed when his truck was hit by an oncoming freight train.
The highway patrol says Cort Houston Daugherty of Huntsville died in the collision Monday in the northern Oklahoma town of Medford. According to the highway patrol, Daugherty was driving west on Oklahoma Highway 11 when he failed to yield to a Union Pacific train.
A spokeswoman for Union Pacific stated that the train had two locomotives and 71 empty rail cars. The company says the crossing had flashing lights and warning signs.
Rodney Allen Ohair, 57, killed, after his pickup leaves a county roadway and overturns near Laverne.
A pickup driver died Sunday after the vehicle went off the road in Beaver County, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
About 10:45 a.m., Rodney Allen Ohair, 57, of Laverne, was eastbound on a Beaver County road about 5 miles west of Laverne. The pickup went off the road in a curve and rolled, troopers said.
Ohair, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene, troopers said.
An Oklahoma man died Saturday after he was run over while trying to load groceries into his car in a store parking lot, police said. Raymond Carson, 54 of Ames, was at Walmart, 5505 W Owen K. Garriott Road, loading groceries into the back of his SUV when his 9-year-old grandson started the vehicle, Enid police said. The vehicle rolled back and ran over Carson then struck two more cars before coming to rest. Carson was taken to an Enid hospital where he later died.
The driver of a tractor-trailer was injured in a rollover accident late Friday morning, Oklahoma City police said.
Officers say the accident is half a mile south of Southwest 89th Street and Sara Road. The northbound lanes have debris on them, crews said.
Crews extracted the driver of the semi who was transported to a hospital. The severity of his injuries are not known.
An Oklahoma man died Monday after a head-on collision on Interstate 44, Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
Raymond Meeks, 53, was driving west in the eastbound lane of the interstate and hit a vehicle traveling east head-on. Meeks was taken to OU Medical Center where he later died.
The driver of the other car, Issa Gakwandi, 52, was not injured.
Meeks was apparently intoxicated, Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.