Man drowns in Spiro flooding

Ponca City Now - May 14, 2015 7:32 am

SPIRO, Okla. (AP) – Flood waters in eastern Oklahoma are being blamed for the drowning death of a man in Spiro and high winds prompted a rescue of two swimmers in McIntosh County.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the body of 60-year-old Dennis Donaho was recovered yesterday in Spiro after he was reported missing two days earlier.

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