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Lawsuit on the horizon after fatal oil rig accident near Blackwell

Monday, April 25 by Lyman James

KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City reports that a family is grieving the loss of a loved one as another family hopes for a full recovery for theirs after a maintenance rig tipped over near Blackwell in early April. Now, a lawsuit may be on the horizon. Although an official lawsuit has not been filed, the families’...

Duncan man injured in Wednesday morning accident near Nash

Thursday, April 21 by Lyman James

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports that one man was injured in a single vehicle accident Wednesday morning in southwestern Grant County. The accident happened at around 10:10 a.m. on State Highway 132 at Comanche Road, about 5 miles southeast of Nash. Christopher Wayne Wilkinson, 46, of Duncan was driving a Freightliner box truck southbound on...

Two killed in accident on I-35 near Billings Saturday night

Monday, April 18 by Lyman James

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports that two people were killed in an accident Saturday night on Interstate 35 near Billings in Noble County. Sources such as News on 6 in Tulsa state that the accident happened just after 5:30 p.m. A Ford F-150 was traveling northbound on I-35 before losing control and leaving the roadway to...

New details show that plane involved in crash near Pond Creek was “nearly vertical”

Wednesday, March 30 by Lyman James

News Channel 8 in Tulsa reports that a plane that crashed in northern Oklahoma, killing three Nebraskans, was nearly vertical when in struck the ground, according to a preliminary report released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board. “A witness in the area reported (seeing) the airplane come straight down in a right-hand nose down spin,”...

Nebraska couple and daughter killed in plane crash near Pond Creek on Thursday

Monday, March 21 by Lyman James

A Nebraska couple and their adult daughter were killed in the crash of a small plane in northwestern Oklahoma, according to an official at a funeral home the couple owned. William Lauber, 58, and his wife, Christine Lauber, 58, both of Milford, Nebraska, and their daughter Regan Lauber, 21, of Lincoln, Nebraska, all died in...