3 killed in crashes on state roadways
Three people died in separate accidents Friday and Saturday on state roads, the Oklahoma Highway Patrolreported.
Killed were Albert Cain, 54,of Broken Bow; Stephen R.Melton, 54, of Coffeyville,Kan.; and Christopher WayneMorris, 23, of Seligman, Mo.
Cain was pronounced deadat the scene of a motorcycleaccident on Oklahoma 3 earlySaturday in McCurtain County, troopers said.
Melton was involved in a head-on collision Friday evening on U.S. 75, less than onemile north of Copan in Washington County, troopers said.
He was taken to Saint Francis Hospital, where he waspronounced dead Saturday,the OHP reported.
Morris was involved in a collision Friday near Wyandotteon U.S. 60 in Ottawa County,OHP said.
He was taken to a nearbyhospital where he was pronounced dead, troopers said.
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May 11th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Just to review: the dude was in a car crash, then the troopers electrocuted him, then he died.Yeah, people die after car crashes, but I expect the chances of dying after a car crash are probably enhanced if you are also electrocuted with a taser. Additionally, officers of the law are usually expected to render aid to car crash victims, as opposed to electrocuting them.Since the troopers are mum on the issue, we don’t know if they attempted to render aid or not. We only know that they electrocuted a possibly injured man, and now he is dead.
May 11th, 2008 at 8:54 am
All Cops Are Bad.
May 11th, 2008 at 9:45 am
The title to this is 100% accurate, by the way.This is why I hate police ‘officers.’ Fucking pigs.
May 11th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Makes me want to wear wired clothing grounded out through my shoes. Then they could taze all they wanted to and it would just ground.
May 11th, 2008 at 11:26 am
The title is innacurate, the autopsy wasn’t finished… not to mention they just got into a car crash.. people die after car crashes too.. not just in them..
May 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
RTFA. You wish you were dead.
May 11th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
There was an article yesterday about an undercover officer that used a warrant to justify breaking into a guys house. Well, the citizen killed the invading, plainclothes cop. So the citizen was arrested for murder.And that’s how the system works.
May 11th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Don’t tase me! Tow!
May 11th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I wish I was that guy getting tased. I could use the easy money. I can’t see any fairly selected jury siding with the cop.Here’s a readers digest version of what you can do from some attorneys web site that I randomly selected. http://www.cochranfoley.com/pa_tre_police.html
May 11th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Thank you, Bob Heinlein.But I really think that his idea of building these panels on structures that sit above the roadways would be much more cost-effective. They’d block about 50% of the light during the day, which wouldn’t be too bad, and the same structures could hold overhead lighting. Just having some shade on long stretches of sunny road would cut fuel consumption for A/C.
May 11th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Magical Magic Could Solve All Problems Ever Everywhere
May 11th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Solar panels could be built in the medians of many interstate highways.
May 11th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Why aren’t tasers illegal yet?