1 dead, 2 critical after head-on vehicle crash in Central Oklahoma

LINCOLN COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) – A girl died and two folks had been critically injured in a two-vehicle collision in Lincoln County Friday afternoon.

Joan H. Marlowe, 79, of Prague, Okla., was pronounced useless on the scene of the crash on Freeway 62, close to South 3560 Street, simply east of Prague, in keeping with Oklahoma Freeway Patrol.

Marlowe was driving a 2002 GMC Envoy west on Freeway 62 when she went left of middle for an unknown cause at roughly 1:47 p.m. and crashed head-on right into a 2018 Chevy Colorado that was heading east on the freeway, OHP officers mentioned.

The affect despatched the Chevy 30 toes off the fitting facet of the street. It rolled twice earlier than coming to relaxation on its driver facet.

The 85-year-old Paden, Okla., man who was driving the Chevy was flown by medical helicopter to Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He suffered head, arm, leg and inside and exterior torso accidents. He’s in crucial situation, OHP officers mentioned.

His 90-year-old feminine passenger, additionally of Paden, was taken by ambulance to the College of Oklahoma Medical Middle in Oklahoma Metropolis. She additionally suffered head, arm, leg and inside and exterior torso accidents. She is in crucial situation, in keeping with officers.

The climate was clear and the street was dry on the time of the crash, officers mentioned.

The reason for the crash stays underneath investigation.