Four die from injuries suffered in Oklahoma wrecks

Oklahoma City police said Lee Michael Day, 38, who was hit by a car Tuesday near NW 10 and Western Avenue, and a Wilburton man, whose van crashed in Pittsburg County, died from their injuries. Troopers also released the names of two other men who died in crashes.

 
FROM STAFF REPORTS | Modified: March 28, 2012 at 9:01 pm | Published: March 28, 2012    Comment on this article Leave a comment

Three people injured in wrecks Tuesday and Wednesday died from their injuries, authorities said, and the incident report from a drag racing crash Friday was released.

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Jason Markley, 34, of Wilburton

About 2:10 p.m. Wednesday, Markley was driving a van east on State Highway 64, two miles west of Haileyville in Pittsburg County, when the van left the road, struck a tree and caught fire, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Markley died at the scene, troopers said. It is not known if he was wearing a seat belt.

Lee Michael Day, 38

Oklahoma City police Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow said officers got a call about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday about an accident near NW 10 and Western Avenue. A witness at the scene told officers a vehicle went up on a curb and hit a pedestrian.

Day was taken to a hospital with serious injuries and later died from his injuries, Wardlow said.

Witnesses at the scene said the man and woman in the car fled the scene, police said.

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