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Mon July 21, 2008

Weekend accidents kill three in state

 
 
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From Staff Reports
The deaths of three people killed in wrecks during the weekend were reported by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol on Sunday.

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Dead are:

Gary Miner, 59, Okay

Miner's motorcycle hit the back of a tractor that was turning onto a private drive from the southbound lane of State Highway 16, one mile south of Wagoner in Wagoner County, about 10:50 a.m. Sunday, according to a patrol report.

Miner was taken to Wagoner Community Hospital, where he died, the patrol said.

The driver of the tractor, Iver L. Garcia, 29, of Wagoner was not injured. Miner was not wearing a helmet.

Talia Harvey, 18, Ponca City

Harvey died at the scene of a two-vehicle wreck south of Blackwell in Kay County, the patrol said.

About 5:10 p.m., Harvey stopped at a stop sign on Hubbard Road at U.S. 177, then failed to yield to a pickup driven by James Burnett, 46, of Blackwell, the patrol said. The pickup struck Harvey's car on the driver's side.

Harvey's passenger, Courtney Hughes, 17, of Blackwell was flown to a Wichita, Kan., hospital in critical condition, the patrol said.

Burnett and his passenger, Mark Kowalsky, 50, of Blackwell were not hurt.

Harvey, Burnett and Kowalsky were wearing seat belts, the patrol said.

It is not known whether Hughes was wearing hers.