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Fiery Crash in Oklahoma City Causes Injuries
Four people were injured in recent Oklahoma City car crash involving a rear-end collision. According to a news report in The Oklahoman, the injury accident occurred on Interstate 240 at Santa Fe in south Oklahoma City. Officials say a 24-year-old Oklahoma City man crashed his car into the back of a pickup carrying four people. Both vehicles veered out of control and hit barrier walls. The pickup burst into flames when the fuel tank ruptured. The 75-year-old male driver of the pickup suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Two of his female passengers, ages 73 and 50, suffered critical injuries and a fourth occupant was treated and released.
There are a number of questions that investigators have to answer following a rear-end collision. Was the driver of the striking vehicle speeding? Was he or she fatigued, drunk, distracted, or otherwise careless? Did the driver of the vehicle in front make a dangerous lane change, slow down, or come to a sudden stop? The answers to these questions will affect liability issues relating to the car accident.
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Inattentive Teen Looks for Gum but Finds Back of Truck in Rogers County Crash
Driver inattention never ends well. Distracted driving practices, whether it is talking or texting on a cell phone, carrying on a conversation with another passenger in the vehicle, or simply taking one’s eyes off the road, often end in a vehicular accident of some kind, which can result in motorist personal injury. A recent tulsaworld.com article explains that a crash in Rogers County involving two vehicles occurred simply because one of the motorists was searching for a piece of gum at the time of the collision.
Reportedly, the accident took place on Oklahoma 266 going westbound where the road intersects with 4100 Road. A 1995 Ford driven by a 58-year-old Claremore man, while waiting to make a right-hand turn onto 4100 Road, was struck from behind by a 19-year-old motorist driving a 2005 Jeep. A 55-year-old Morton man who was a passenger in the truck sustained head and internal injuries, and was listed in critical condition at St. Francis Hospital. The Claremore man sustained arm injuries, while the 19-year-old was not injured at all. According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the teenager was allegedly looking into the center console of the Jeep at the time of the crash, apparently searching for a piece of gum.
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