Running Out Of Gas Leads To Tulsa Injury Wreck.

Date: 10/12/2012
Time: Around 11:45 P.M.
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Vehicle(s) Involved: Chevy HHR, Dodge Avenger

By Dee Duren, NewsOn6.com

"TULSA, Oklahoma -

Two people were hurt when a van ran out of gas on a Tulsa highway. One of the injured was standing in the road trying to flag down help.

A man and woman in a mini van were stopped on Highway 412 just west of downtown at about 11:40 Friday night. The man was standing in the roadway trying to flag down another driver when he was struck by a woman driving a Chevrolet HHR.
Seconds later, a third car hit the Chevy.
The male pedestrian was alert and talking when transported to a local hospital. The woman driving the HHR complained of pain and was also taken to a hospital.
Two young girls were riding with the man and woman in the third car. The children, believed to be 1 and 3 years old, were checked out by emergency responders but were not taken to the hospital.
Authorities at the scene said there was no alcohol involved in the pile-up, and they weren't planning to issue any citations at that point in the investigation."

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Woman Wrecks At Duck Creek Bridge Near Glenpool.

Date: 10/13/2012
Time: Around 8:00 A.M.
Location: Glenpool, Oklahoma
Vehicle(s) Involved: Chevy HHR

By Dee Duren, NewsOn6.com

"GLENPOOL, Oklahoma -

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol and other agencies responded to an injury collision Saturday morning on Highway 75.

The rollover wreck took place just before 8 a.m. at the Duck Creek Bridge near 201st Street.
Authorities at the scene told News On 6 that the a woman driving a Chevrolet HHR may have fallen asleep behind the wheel. Marsha Sloan of Mounds was northbound on the highway when the car ran off the side of the road, striking a guardrail.
The car rode the guardrail then went down the rocks on the south side of Duck Creek, through the water then came to rest on the rocky north of the creek. It rolled an unknown number of times, according to a state trooper's report.
She was freed from the car by Glenpool Fire Department and flown to a Tulsa hospital. Glenpool police assisted troopers at the scene.
Sloan, 50, is in a Tulsa hospital where she is stable with arm, leg, head and other injuries, according to a trooper's report."

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