Three killed in state traffic accidents

By Jennifer Palmer

Published: March 8, 2008

Three people, including two teenagers, died in traffic accidents late Friday and early Saturday, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Nathan Howard, 13, and Justin Howard, 15, both of Sasakwa.

The two teens were killed when the car they were riding in crashed around 2:30 a.m. on State Highway 56 in Seminole County, troopers said. The driver, 18-year-old Pelipe Aguilera, also of Sasakwa, was not injured.

Investigators said Aguilera ran off the right side of the road, then overcorrected and ran off the left side of the road. He overcorrected again and the vehicle rolled at least two times.

The victims were ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene, troopers said. No one in the vehicle was wearing a seat belt.

Aguilera smelled of alcohol, so troopers took him to the hospital where his blood was drawn, a highway patrol spokeswoman said. He was not arrested, but charges are pending, she said.

Robert Flickinger, 37, of Madill.

Flickinger died in a two-vehicle collision at about 7:50 p.m. Friday on State Highway 199, about a mile and a half east of Madill, troopers said.

Investigators said Flickinger was passing in a no-passing zone when he collided with a pickup truck driven by Ronny Goff, 67, of Madill, at the top of a hill. Goff’s wife, 54-year-old Donna Goff, was in the passenger seat.

The pickup rolled and landed on its top, trooper said. Goff and his wife suffered minor injuries and were taken to a local hospital.

Flickinger was pinned inside his vehicle for about 6 hours and died at the scene, according to the highway patrol.

Neither driver was wearing a seat belt, but passenger Donna Goff was.

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