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Three people were killed in a Marshall County traffic accident Tuesday, and a fourth was is in critical condition, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
About 9:25 a.m. Todd Leonard and three children were traveling on State Highway 70 about five miles west of Oakland, when a tractor-trailer driven by Stanley Mastinger crossed the center line and struck Leonard’s vehicle, the patrol said.
Leonard, 29, of Oklahoma City, a 3-year-old girl and a 1-year-old boy were pronounced dead at the scene. A 9-year-old also in the car was taken to OU Medical Center in critical condition.
Two Oklahomans died early Saturday after a fiery crash in Caddo County, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
Dexter Wade Palmer, 19 and Kelsey Renee Palmer, 18, both of Apache, died at the scene of the crash.
About 5:30 a.m. Dexter Palmer was driving west on State Highway 19 about 7 miles west of Apache. Kelsey Palmer was a passenger in the front seat. The car went off the road to the left and traveled 315 feet before hitting a retaining wall and catching fire, troopers said.
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.
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.
One person died in a fiery crash on Indian Hills Road early Saturday morning, police said.
Norman police responded to a vehicle that had rolled over in the 8000 block of NE Indian Hills Road at about 2:40 a.m. Saturday. The vehicle was engulfed in flames when officers arrived, police said. Firefighters from the Norman Fire Department put out the fire. Officers found the body of an adult, later identified as Micah James Nix, 40, inside the car.
A teenager was killed Thursday morning in a head-on collision in Pottawatomie County, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
James L. Brown, 16, of Tecumseh, was driving a pickup about 7:35 a.m. eastbound on State Highway 7 near State Highway 102. Brown drove into the westbound lane and hit a vehicle driven by Brandy B. Sanchez, 34, of Tecumseh, troopers reported.
Brown and Sanchez were pinned in their vehicles for about 30 minutes before being freed. Brown was taken to a hospital, where he died. Sanchez was taken to a hospital in good condition, troopers said.
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.