According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Jean Bookout, 76, of Yukon was driving a 2005 Toyota Camry south on U.S. 69 at a high rate of speed at about 6:20 p.m. Thursday. Bookout, the OHP report states, failed to negotiate a curve and her car careened into a ditch on Texanna Road.
Bookout was transported by helicopter to St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, where she was treated for head injuries. Bookout was listed in serious condition Friday.
A passenger, Barbara Schwarz, 70, also of Yukon, was transferred from Muskogee Regional Medical Center by helicopter to St. John Medical Center, where she later died.
The OHP report states safety belts were in use by both occupants. The air bag did not deploy.
According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Jean Bookout, 76, of Yukon was driving a 2005 Toyota Camry south on U.S. 69 at a high rate of speed at about 6:20 p.m. Thursday. Bookout, the OHP report states, failed to negotiate a curve and her car careened into a ditch on Texanna Road.
Bookout was transported by helicopter to St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, where she was treated for head injuries. Bookout was listed in serious condition Friday.
A passenger, Barbara Schwarz, 70, also of Yukon, was transferred from Muskogee Regional Medical Center by helicopter to St. John Medical Center, where she later died.
The OHP report states safety belts were in use by both occupants. The air bag did not deploy.
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