SEQUOYAH COUNTY, Okla. — One person is dead after a crash in Sequoyah County on Saturday, Aug. 12, Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports.
The deceased is identified as 63-year-old, Michael Parker of Cookson.
OHP says at around 3:51 p.m., Parker was driving northbound on OK-82 when he "departed the roadway to the right," striking a tree.
The report states the driver has been pinned for an "unknown amount of time." Blackgum Fire Department and Cookson Fire Department extricated the victim who was pronounced dead.
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