Sabrina Birch, 17, was ejected and killed in a rollover pickup truck crash on U.S. Highway 281 in Caddo County, Oklahoma
TEEN PASSENGER KILLED AFTER DRIVER FALLS ASLEEP, CRASHES PICKUP IN CADDO COUNTY
According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 17-year-old Colby Ruthardt of Minco, Oklahoma, was driving a 2006 Ford pickup on U.S. 281, when he fell asleep behind the wheel. The truck then ran off the roadway to the left, striking a barbed wire fence. Troopers say it overturned, coming to rest upside down on the roadside.
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