Two Dead When 'Blacked Out' ATV Hit Head On Near Eufaula

Two 20-year-old Eufaula residents are dead after the ATV they were riding was hit head on. Authorities say the four-wheeler's lights weren't activated.

Sunday, August 18th 2013, 11:01 am

By: Dee Duren

Two Dead When 'Blacked Out' ATV Hit Head On Near Eufaula

Two men on a four-wheeler are dead after a collision on a McIntosh County road. It happened at 11:45 p.m. on Stidham Road, about 8 miles northwest of Eufaula, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Troopers say the ATV didn't have lights activated and was "blacked out." The four-wheeler was hit head-on by a pickup passing another vehicle.

Dead are Eufaula residents Cody Gray and Josh Laughlin, both 20. The driver of the pickup, also a Eufaula resident, was not injured.

Drivers of both vehicles were in apparently normal condition at the time of the fatality wreck, according to the OHP report.

The cause of the collision is under investigation, the report states.