Three Oklahomans die in accidents Four die in accidents
From Staff Reports
Published: March 2, 2008
Three Oklahomans died in separate accidents on state roads Saturday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.
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•Thomas Schanz, 38, Haileyville
Schanz was driving east on U.S. 270 in Alderson when his vehicle ran off the road about 1:30 a.m. and struck a bridge embankment, the patrol said. Investigators could not determine why he left the road.
Schanz died at the scene, troopers said. He was not wearing a seat belt.
•Amy Lea Eskue, 43, Okeene
Troopers said Eskue was traveling on a rural county road about three miles northeast of Okeene when the accident occurred about 1:25 p.m. The cause and nature of the accident were unknown Saturday.
She was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from her car, the patrol said. She was transported to an Okeene hospital and then transferred to an Oklahoma City hospital, where she died.
•Phillip W. Briggs, 71, Vinita
Briggs died when his compact car collided head-on with a pickup west of Wyandotte about 4:40 p.m. Saturday on U.S. 60, the patrol said.
Troopers said Bob Ray Hamilton, 80, was eastbound in his pickup when he went left of center for an unknown reason and struck Briggs' car. Hamilton was driven to a Miami hospital in fair condition.
Briggs' passenger and wife, Lula Briggs, 71, was flown to a Missouri hospital in stable condition, the patrol said.
All three were wearing seat belts.
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