Sunday, October 28, 2007

Cushing woman dies in Lincoln County accident

Cushing woman dies in Lincoln County accident

STROUD, Okla. A Cushing woman dies today in an accident involving a loose trailer on a Lincoln County highway north of Stroud.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 45-year-old Laura Buffalohead of Cushing was driving north on State Highway 99 when the accident happened about 10:30 a-m.The O-H-P says a 20-foot utility trailer came off a hitch of a southbound Mack truck driven by 45-year-old Mark Blackburn of Jennings.The trailer crossed the center line and when Buffalohead swerved to avoid it, she ran her car off the roadway and into a ditch.The trailer struck Buffalohead's car on the driver's side door. She was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.Neither Blackburn nor a passenger in his truck were injured. Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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