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Troopers Cracking Down on DUI Drivers During Prom Season

Marshall Stewart — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:13:49 +0000

Saturation patrols this weekend will target DUI drivers going to and from school proms and other school related activities. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Captain George Brown says every prom season young people are killed or injured. He says troopers are making special efforts to try and prevent that this year. Special attention will be paid to I-244, I-44, Highways 169 and 75 and the downtown IDL.

The crackdown on DUI driving begins Saturday evening and runs through the early morning hours Sunday.

Roadway Now Open After Morning Crash

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:19:21 +0000

Renae Powers-KWGS News

A truck carrying crude oil overturns and causes two ramps on the downtown Tulsa’s Inner Dispersal Loop to shut down. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said that Interstate 244 and the U.S. Highway 64/U.S. Highway 412 ramps to northbound Tisdale Parkway were closed.

The truck’s owner was ticketed for faulty equipment due to several of the tires on the truck and trailer being completely bald. The driver was also cited for speeding.

Owasso Teen Dies After Car Flips Due to Deer

Associated Press — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:58:45 +0000

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A teenager from Owasso died after a car she was in rolled several times after the driver swerved to try to avoid a deer.

The Saturday wreck was the second fatality of the weekend in the Tulsa area involving a deer.

The teenagers were in a sedan when the driver tried to avoid the deer and the vehicle flipped several times.

Man Dies in Tulsa After Crashing into Guardrail

Associated Press — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:01:07 +0000

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a man was killed in an early morning crash in Tulsa.

Troopers say the man lost control of his pickup on the Interstate 244 exit ramp to northbound U.S. 75 early Monday morning.

Authorities say the truck crashed into a guardrail and the man was ejected and fell from the elevated ramp to the pavement below. Authorities say it took emergency responders nearly an hour to find the body.

Man Killed in Rogers County

Associated Press — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:51:40 +0000

CLAREMORE, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a car has struck and killed a man who was trying to cross a highway in northeast Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Monday 63-year-old Thomas Winslow died at the scene of the accident about 9:24 p.m. in Rogers County.

Troopers say Winslow was on the south side of the highway when he was hit by a vehicle that was traveling west.

The driver and two passengers in the car weren't hurt.

Trucker Killed When Winds Flipped Semi

Associated Press — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:56:39 +0000

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A truck driver is killed as the result of winds from severe thunderstorms in northeast Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 70-year-old Jimmy King of Ash Grove, Missouri was driving on the Will Rogers Turnpike near Afton Friday when straight-line winds flipped his semi onto a cement barrier wall and trapped him inside. Troopers say King was pinned in the wreckage for nearly three hours and died at the scene of massive injuries.

I-44 is open again in Tulsa

John Durkee — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:24:11 +0000

Traffic is flowing again along Interstate-44 in Tulsa. The roadway was shut down at Peoria this morning following an accident involving two tractor trailer rigs.

The Tulsa Fire Department’s Hazardous Materials unit had to respond to the scene to aid in the clean-up. The roadway was closed for almost three hours.

The wreck happened in the construction zone. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says no one was injured in the ordeal.

Pedestrian dies after running across highway near Mannford

Associated Press — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:47:13 +0000

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a person was killed when he or she attempted to run across Oklahoma Highway 51 in Tulsa County early Friday morning.

Authorities say the victim — who hasn't been identified — tried to run across the four-lane highway at about 5:40 a.m. Friday. The pedestrian was hit by a car driven by a 26-year-old woman from Mannford.

Authorities say the driver was unable to avoid the pedestrian.