Published: May 01, 2009 04:14 pm      

JUST IN - Highway 31 wreck leads to fatality

THIS IS THE TROOPER’S INITIAL REPORT:

A FATALITY COLLISION OCCURRED AT 10:23 HOURS ON 05/01/2009, 5 MILES EAST OF KREBS ON SH31 IN PITTSBURG COUNTY.

VEHICLE 1: 1997 FORD EXPLORER DRIVEN BY MICHAEL DOCTOR, INDIAN MALE, AGE 27. ADDRESS: QUINTON. EXPIRED AT SCENE DUE TO MASSIVE INJURIES.

PASSENGERS: NONE

VEHICLE 2: 2007 FREIGHTLINER VAN DRIVEN BY ALLEN HARSHAW, WHITE MALE, AGE 51. ADDRESS: HARTSHORNE. TRANSPORTED BY MCALESTER EMS TO MCALESTER REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER, THEN BY PARA MED EMS TO ST. JOHNS HOSPITAL IN TULSA. LISTED IN SERIOUS CONDITION WITH TRUNK INTERNAL AND LEG INJURIES.

PASSENGERS: NONE

WHAT HAPPENED: VEHICLE 1 WAS WESTBOUND, VEHICLE 2 WAS EASTBOUND. VEHICLE 1 WENT LEFT OF CENTER AND STRUCK VEHICLE 2 LEFT FRONT TO LEFT FRONT. DRIVER OF VEHICLE 2 WAS PINNED APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES BEING FREED BY KREBS FIRE DEPT. BY USE OF THE HURST TOOL.

CONDITION OF DRIVER: 01

CAUSE OF COLLISION: 58

SEATBELTS: EQUIPPED IN BOTH, NOT IN USE VEHICLE 1, IN USE VEHICLE 2

AIRBAGS: EQUIPPED IN VEHICLE 1 AND DID DEPLOY, NOT EQUIPPED IN VEHICLE 2

ROADWAY: 2 LANE / UNDIVIDED / ASPHALT

WEATHER: CLOUDY

PINNED: SEE NARRATIVE

EJECTED: NONE

INVESTIGATED BY TROOPER DENNIS SPLAWN OF THE PITTSBURG COUNTY DETACHMENT.

“THIS REPORT IS BASED ON THE TROOPER’S INVESTIGATION OF THE COLLISION. IT MAY CONTAIN THE OPINION OF THE TROOPER.”

AUTH: TROOPER DENNIS SPLAWN #759

FROM: OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL - TROOP D - MCALESTER OPR: ESW