November 28, 2017
By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph –
Two people were hospitalized while four others were treated and released following a wreck just outside of Altus in Jackson County.
The two passengers in a 1999 Saturn have been recuperating in different hospitals, one was listed as critical when he arrived.
The passenger is an 8-year-old juvenile male from Duke who was taken by Jackson County EMS, first, to Jackson County Memorial Hospital where he was later air transported to OU Medical Center and admitted in critical condition with internal injuries.
The other passenger, 52-year-old Paul Hennessey, also of Duke, has been recuperating in Jackson County Memorial Hospital arriving there in stable condition with a leg injury.
The two were traveling in the Saturn that was driven by 33-year-old Amber Murphy. She and her other two passengers, a 1 year-old female and a 5-year-old male were treated and released by Jackson County Memorial Hospital. All are from Duke.
According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the five people in the Saturn were west bound on US Highway 62 when a 2004 Toyota Sequoia, driven by 31-year-old Kevin Koukal from Blair, entered the highway from a private drive impacting the Saturn.
The accident happened about 3:40 Monday afternoon about a quarter of a mile west of Altus.
The accident remains under investigation.
Seat belts were equipped in both vehicles and in use in the Saturn.
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