Published: May 19, 2008 05:19 pm         

2 killed in seperate wrecks

Two people were killed in seperate car wrecks Friday night and Saturday morning.

Michael D. Timmons, 46, of Sulphur died at 12:27 a.m. Saturday morning. Deborah Sears, 26, of Coalgate died after a 7:20 p.m. wreck Friday evening.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Jay Clary said in his report Timmons was driving a 1995 Harley Davidson motorcycle south in the wrong lane on a county road five and one-half miles north of Sulphur. Kyle Drury, 16, Sulphur, was driving a 2006 Chevy Colbalt north in the proper lane.

When Timmons topped a hill in the wrong lane the two vehicles collided. Timmons was thrown 10 feet from the wreck, Clary said.

Drury and his passenger, Kayla Smith, 18, Sulphur, were not injured. Timmons was pronounced dead at the Arbuckle Hospital in Sulphur.

Clary said Timmons was not wearing a helmet and he could smell an odor of alcohol on Timmons. Drury and Smith were wearing their seatbelts. The weather was clear and the roadway was dry, the report said.

Sears was killed in a crash two miles west of Coalgate on a county road in Coal County. OHP Trooper John Ivey investigated the wreck. According to his report, Sears was driving a 1997 Nissan east on the county road. She hit loose gravel and ran off the south side of the road, rolling the vehicle three times.

Ivey said Sears was thrown from the vehicle and was found 20 feet from where the car came to rest. The trooper attributed the wreck to an unsafe speed for the type of roadway.

The report said Sears’ 8-year-old son, Terrance Brubaker, was also in the vehicle. He was taken by Eaglemed helicopter to Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City with unknown internal injuries, the report said. His current condition was not available by press time.

Air-Evac took Sears from the scene and was going to Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas. On the way, her condition turned for the worse.

Ivey’s report said the helicopter detoured to Atoka Hospital where Sears was pronounced dead at 10:52 p.m. from extensive internal injuries.

     

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