NOTE: An earlier model of this story didn’t embody that the tractor entered the roadway to journey round a culvert. That data has been added to the story. Additionally, the 2 kids who died within the crash are each male, not a female and male as beforehand reported.
KINGFISHER COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) – Two kids and an grownup driver all died from accidents they suffered when their automobile was hit by a semi-truck that swerved to keep away from hitting a tractor on a freeway in Kingfisher County.
Sergio Adrian Lopez Garcia, 33, of Okeene, Okla., and his 11-year-old male and six-year-old male passengers died within the crash that occurred at 10:01 p.m. Thursday on Oklahoma Freeway 51, 15.4 miles west of Hennessey, in accordance with Oklahoma Freeway Patrol.
OHP officers stated a person was driving a 1989 John Deere 8760 tractor east within the south ditch of Freeway 51. The driving force of the tractor entered the roadway to journey round a culvert.
A 2015 Peterbilt semi-truck pushed by a 58-year-old Texas man was heading east on Freeway 51 and approached the rear of the tractor.
The semi-truck driver swerved left to keep away from hitting the tractor and went into the westbound lane the place the 2001 Ford Taurus pushed by Garcia was touring.
Garcia swerved to the precise to keep away from colliding with the semi-truck, however each Garcia’s automobile and the semi-truck went into the north ditch and collided. He and the 2 kids died on the scene.
The driving force of the semi-truck was not injured.
The accident is beneath investigation.
