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Monday, 11 May 2009 |
A driver failed to stop in the construction zone on Highway 54 a half-mile west of Tyrone on Thursday afternoon, causing a chain reaction accident involving four vehicles and closing the highway for about 45 minutes.
A 2000 Chevrolet pickup driven by Elizabeth Handy, 18, of Adams, failed to stop at a flagman in the construction zone on Highway 54. Handy's vehicle struck a 2004 Ford driven by Marlene Holley, 35, of Tyrone, which struck a 2005 Lincoln driven by Denise Ortiz, 18, of Adams, which struck a 2008 Peterbilt semi driven by Joe Guzman, 33, of Liberal, Kan.
Guzman was not hurt, but Holley was taken to Southwest Medical Center in Liberal with facial injuries and listed in stable condition. She was later transferred to Christy St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kan.
Ortiz and Handy were taken to the Liberal hospital where they were treated and released.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troopers said that seatbelts were in use in all four vehicle involved in the collision.
The accident was investigated by Trooper Levi Hill (Ida 297) of the Troop I Hooker Detachment, assisted by Trooper Eric Brown (Ida 230), Size and Weights Trooper Boyd Perry (Ida 935), the Texas County Sheriff's Department, the Hooker Fire Department, Hooker EMS and Seward County, Kan., EMS.
—Compiled by SHAWN YORKS
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 May 2009 )
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