Saturday, September 10th 2011, 2:38 pm
NewsOn6.com
GRANT COUNTY, Oklahoma -- A dropped cigarette sparked a car wreck that sent two people to the hospital Friday afternoon, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The single-car wreck took place on U.S. Highway 81 near Jefferson Road in Grant County.
Johnny G. Hanson of Odessa, Texas was driving a GMC pickup when he dropped his cigarette. When Hanson reached for the cigarette, the truck ran off the side of the road and flipped about four times, according to a trooper's report.
Hanson's passenger, 37-year-old Marion E. Copley of Odessa, was ejected an unknown distance from the pickup. He was taken to a Kansas hospital in stable condition with head, trunk, arm and leg injuries.
The 33-year-old Hanson was taken to an Enid hospital where he was treated and released.
Hanson was wearing his seat belt; Copley was not. Troopers blamed the wreck on driver distraction.
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