Juan Garcia, Anita Lucio Mayorga, one juvenile killed, Rosalinda Alaniz, Eugenia Garcia seriously injured, taken to hospital, after their SUV loses control on icy Red River Bridge and is struck by two tractor-trailer trucks.

Modified Date: 
Wed, 09/24/2014 - 11:20am
Accident Date: 
Saturday, February 1, 2014

Three people killed in icy southern Oklahoma crash Sunday night.

A man, a woman and a juvenile died in a crash on ice in southern Oklahoma Sunday. The crash was on a Red River bridge in Bryan County, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports.

Three Dead In Icy Collision On Red River Bridge.

Troopers say icy conditions may be the cause of a fatal accident that killed three people and shut down the busy Red River bridge between Texas and Oklahoma.

A man, woman and a juvenile were killed in an icy Red River bridge accident in Bryan County Sunday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports.

Juan Garcia, 40, the driver of a sport utility vehicle, and two of his eight passengers, all of Miami, Ok., died in a three-vehicle collision at 6:50 p.m. Sunday on U.S. 69 in the southbound lanes of the Red River bridge, the patrol reports.

Passenger Anita Lucio Mayorga, 70, was dead at the scene, the patrol reports.

The patrol did not release a name or age of the juvenile passenger killed .

Passengers Rosalinda Alaniz, 46, and Eugenia Garcia, 38, the wife of Juan Garcia, were both taken to Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas with head and trunk injuries. Both were in stable condition, the patrol reports.

One juvenile was not injured in the crash, but three other juvenile passengers were taken to the Denison hospital to be treated for injuries, the patrol reports.

Juan Garcia was driving south on the bridge when he lost control on ice. The SUV was struck by two southbound tractor-trailers. The driver of the first tractor-trailer to hit the SUV, Jeremy Greene, 42, of Litchfield, Ill. was not injured. The driver of the second tractor-trailer, Alvin Prescott, 66, of Seneca, Mo., was not injured either, the patrol reports. Both men wore seat belts. At least one of the juveniles in the SUV wore a seat belt but it is unknown if the others did, the patrol reports.

People Involved: 
Juan Garcia
Rosalinda Alaniz
Anita Lucio Mayorga
Eugenia Garcia
Jeremy Greene
Alvin Prescott

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