A Novel Approach to School Zone Safety in Oklahoma?
Every morning and afternoon, millions of school aged children make their way to and from schools across the country. Some walk, some ride bikes, some ride buses and others are dropped off and...
Transportation
Distracted Drivers Most Dangerous Drivers On the Road
We previously blogged about teenage driving and the fact that car crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers. Overall inexperience behind the wheel is one of the major factors that...
Death, Severe Injuries Attributed to Lack of Seat Belt Use in Blaine County Car Wreck
Last week we blogged about a tragic car accident outside of Payne County, Oklahoma that killed 5 people. Three of the five people killed were not wearing seatbelts. This week, another fatality on...
Car Crashes Leading Cause of Death for Teens
For teenagers, car crashes are the leading cause of death, with the summer months being the most fatal. Since teenagers have more free time in the summer because school is out, they are more apt...
Five Killed in Payne County, Oklahoma Crash
Five people were killed Sunday in a tragic car crash 2 miles west of Yale in Payne County, OK, NewsOK reports. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported that the driver was a 17-year-old male who was...
Man Charged With First-Degree Manslaughter for Involvement in Oklahoma Crash
According to the Tulsa World, an 18-year-old man was charged with 2 counts of first-degree manslaughter when his vehicle struck another around 5 a.m. on June 17, killing a 21-year-old man and his...
61-Year-Old Leaves 7-Year-Old Alone in Hot Truck While He Goes to a Casino
On Monday we blogged about Hyperthermia and its Child Victims and detailed some common sense safety tips parents can use in protecting our most precious cargo when we enter and leave a vehicle....
Hyperthermia and its Child Victims
With record temperatures above 100 degrees searing Oklahoma, it sadly comes as no surprise that newsok.com is reporting that a Cyril boy has died after being found in the trunk of the...
Missouri Man Dies, Two Others Injured in Oklahoma Crash
A Missouri man was killed Sunday night in a car wreck in Muskogee County after he lost control of his car. The driver, a 19-year-old from Independence, Missouri, was pronounced dead at the scene...
‘Jackass’ Star Intoxicated Before Fatal Crash
‘Jackass’ Star Ryan Dunn had a blood alcohol level of 0.196 at the time of the Monday morning crash that killed himself and passenger Zachary Hartwell, according to a toxicology report...