3 die in separate Oklahoma traffic incidents 3 die in separate Oklahoma traffic incidents
By Brian Sargent
Published: May 25, 2007
Three people died after separate accidents on Oklahoma roads, authorities said.
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Dead are:
•Jose Efrain Corona, 27, Graham, Texas.
•Benjamin Rickman, 18, Eufaula.
•Terry L. Stringer, 60, Bonham, Texas.
About 2:45 p.m. Thursday, Corona was standing behind a pickup parked on the shoulder of the Interstate 244 interchange at westbound U.S. 64 in Tulsa, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.
Jo Ann Springwater, 42, of Tulsa lost control of the car she was driving and struck Corona, the patrol said.
Corona was taken to a Tulsa hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the patrol said.
About 10 a.m. Thursday, Rickman was driving south on U.S. 69, about a mile north of Eufaula, when the right rear tire blew out on his sport utility vehicle. The patrol said the SUV rolled twice, throwing Rickman from the vehicle, the patrol said. Rickman was not wearing a seat belt, the patrol said. He was taken to a Eufaula hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Stringer died after suffering a heart attack while driving a tractor-trailer on U.S. 77 near Ardmore, the patrol said.
The accident occurred about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, five miles south of Ardmore, the patrol said.
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