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A man was arrested Monday after another man was killed in a northeast Oklahoma City traffic accident, police reported. Dustin Shane Hall, 31, was arrested on complaints of driving under the influence of drugs and causing a fatality accident and being without a state driver's license, police said. Ronald Banton, 27, was driving about 11:30 a.m. eastbound on NE 10 near Standish Avenue, when he stopped to turn left. Hall was driving behind Banton and looked down. When he looked back up, he crashed into Banton's car. Banton was taken to OU Medical Center, where he died.
Officers said two Cadillacs were racing on North Foothills Drive east of Division when one of them rammed into a Pathfinder Sunday afternoon. The woman driving the Pathfinder said she was only going about 5 miles per hour when the speeding Cadillac hit her car and forced her off the road. Police said the woman who caused the crash initially got out of her car and ran away, but officers caught up to her and arrested her. She was arrested for driving with a suspended license. Police said she also had two warrants out for her arrest.
The first thing accident victims need to do when the other driver doesn't have insurance
We take to the roads throughout Bellingham and Whatcom County trusting that other drivers will have insurance. But that’s not always the case. You can well imagine the protocol as it’s supposed to happen after an accident: get medical attention for any injuries, file a police report, and exchange insurance information with other motorists involved. What happens if that last step can’t be followed because the driver has no insurance, or a policy that simply doesn’t cover all of the damages that occurred? So quickly, an already a stressful time just became even more worrisome. Click to learn more on what to do if the driver who hits you has no insurance.