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Obituaries and Death Notices
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Hernandez
Two boys were killed Tuesday morning when their family's SUV ran off the road in Beckham County. Darian Hernandez, 9, and Dylan Hernandez, 8, both of Aurora, Ill., died in the crash that occurred about 4 a.m. on Interstate 40 near Sayre, according to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol accident report. Troopers say the boys' father, Leonel Hernandez, fell asleep while driving, causing the vehicle to run off the road and roll twice. The father and another son are in critical condition after being flown to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo. Another son was flown to Oklahoma City's Presbyterian Hospital, where he is in stable condition. The boys' mother was not injured. Leonel Hernandez was the only occupant wearing a seatbelt, according to the report. The other four were ejected during the accident. [Dec. 4, 2007]
Margarita Rodriguez -- Clarence Daniel Largent -- Oscar Ray McCreary -- Ruth Viola McCreary
A Boise City woman died Monday after an accident in Cimarron County, and Sunday collisions led to the deaths of a Tonkawa man and a Sayre man and woman. Dead are Margarita Rodriguez, 36, of Boise City; Clarence Daniel Largent, 25, of Tonkawa; and Oscar Ray McCreary, 78, and Ruth Viola McCreary, 74, both of Sayre. Rodriguez was driving a 1999 Chevrolet pickup on U.S. 56 east of Keyes in Cimarron County early Monday when she went left of center and then overcorrected. The pickup slid back across the road and rolled at least three times, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. She was taken to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Troopers said she had not been wearing a seat belt and was ejected. Largent was driving a 1995 GMC pickup on a Kay County road Sunday afternoon when his pickup struck the trailer of an oncoming pickup, the OHP reported. A combine on the trailer fell off and struck the cab of Largent's pickup, troopers said. He was pinned in the pickup for more than two hours and was pronounced dead at the scene. Troopers said he had not been wearing a seat belt. The other driver reportedly was not injured. Troopers said he had been wearing a seat belt. Oscar and Ruth McCreary were both pronounced dead at a hospital after the 2001 Chrysler he had been driving Sunday afternoon on a Beckham County road was struck by an oncoming sport utility vehicle after Oscar McCreary failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of Oklahoma 34, the OHP reported. Troopers said Ruth McCreary had been wearing a seat belt but that Oscar McCreary had not. The other driver was taken to an area hospital, where he was treated for a broken ankle. Troopers said he had been wearing a seat belt. [Source: Tulsa World. Tulsa, Okla.: Jun 17, 2003. pg. A.14]
