Three killed in accidents across the state

(AP)Separate accidents killed a Watson teenager and two others on Oklahoma roads Saturday morning, authorities said. <br/><br/>Dustin James Blake, 13, was riding his dirt bike south on a McCurtain County

Sunday, May 9th 2004, 10:36 am

By: News On 6

(AP)Separate accidents killed a Watson teenager and two others on Oklahoma roads Saturday morning, authorities said.

Dustin James Blake, 13, was riding his dirt bike south on a McCurtain County road about 10:15 a.m. when he had trouble making a curve and ran off the road into a ravine, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Blake suffered head injuries after being thrown from the vehicle and died at McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel about 12:45 p.m., troopers said. The teen wasn't wearing a helmet.

Joe Marlin Baker was wearing a helmet when he was thrown off his motorcycle in Pontotoc County about 8 a.m.

Baker was headed north on a county road when his motorcycle hit a rock that was elevated in the road, causing the vehicle to flip onto him, the patrol said.

Baker, 65, suffered a neck injury and was pronounced dead at the scene.

In Osage County, an elderly Bartlesville woman was killed when her vehicle left U.S. Highway 60 and struck a tree.

Wilna Lane, 81, suffered head and internal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene of the 7:05 a.m. accident about 10 1/2 miles east of Ponca City, the patrol said.

Troopers believe she overcorrected after her car went off the highway and then struck the tree.

Lane was wearing a seat belt, the patrol said.