Saturday, May 6th 2017, 10:57 am
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports a 31-year-old Afton man was struck and injured after getting out of a car parked on a Delaware County highway late Friday.
He is identified as Justin Ruhl.
Troopers said the accident happened about a half a mile south of the Duck Creek bridge on Highway 85 just after 10:15 p.m.
The OHP report states Ruhl, who was a passenger in a 2013 Chevy Cruze parked in the northbound lane of the highway. Ruhl got out and stepped into the southbound lane, where he was struck by a northbound 2012 Chevy Cruze which was passing the parked car.
Justin Ruhl was flown by medical helicopter to a Joplin hospital and admitted in critical condition.
The driver of the second car, 18-year-old Magen Faulcone of Vinita was not injured.
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