OHP: Woman Killed In Mayes County Wreck After Driver Falls Asleep

A Missouri woman was killed in a crash about five miles south of Chouteau Friday morning, May 17, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Rita Simmons was a passenger in a SUV that crashed when the driver said he fell asleep and ran off the road.

Friday, May 17th 2019, 2:33 pm

By: News On 6


A Missouri woman was killed in a crash about five miles south of Chouteau Friday morning, May 17, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Rita Simmons was a passenger in a SUV that crashed when the driver said he fell asleep and ran off the road.

Troopers said Hervia Roberts of Overland Park, Kansas, was driving southbound on Highway 69 around 6:30 a.m. when his Ford Flex ran off the road and hit a culvert. A collision report states the 36-year-old man told troopers he fell asleep.

Simmons, 65, was taken to a Pryor hospital where she was pronounced dead of internal injuries.

Two other women in the vehicle were also hurt but are expected to be OK.

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