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Two men died Friday after a head-on collision on U.S. 183 in Custer County, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. About 4:50 p.m., Shaun Elston, 24, of Clinton, was driving south about two miles north of Arapaho when his vehicle hit the back a vehicle driven by Kenn Sipe, 70, of Gage. The car Elston was driving then went into a northbound lane and collided with a vehicle driven by Gary Cordes, 60, of Minot, N.D. Elston and Cordes died at the scene. A 13-year-old passenger in Cordes’ car was flown to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Sipe was not injured.
Two people were killed and one person injured in a head-on collision Monday afternoon in Choctaw. According to the Oklahoma County Sheriff's office, at 1:45 p.m., crews responded to the collision at N.E. 23rd and Choctaw Rd. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene, according to Choctaw police. Another person has been medi-flighted to the hospital. That person's condition is unclear at this time. The eastbound lanes of N.E. 23rd have been shut down as crews work to clear the scene of the crash. Drivers are urged to avoid the area.
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.
A person was killed in a crash on Interstate 40 in Seminole County early Wednesday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. The name of the driver had not been released Wednesday evening. The crash happened about 2 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-40 at mile marker 198 about 9 miles north of Seminole, the patrol reported. The driver was ejected and the car caught fire. It is not known if the driver wore a seat belt.