Snow, Ice Cause Crashes in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ A second winter storm in as many days hit Oklahoma and Arkansas early Thursday, closing schools, grounding planes and keeping roads slick and dangerous. <br/><br/>The storm followed

Thursday, February 1st 2007, 8:38 am

By: News On 6

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ A second winter storm in as many days hit Oklahoma and Arkansas early Thursday, closing schools, grounding planes and keeping roads slick and dangerous.

The storm followed snow and freezing drizzle that fell on the area Wednesday, causing dozens of accidents and four deaths.

The storm led to three traffic deaths in Oklahoma, including one when a trucker hit a pedestrian on an icy overpass near Dale. Almost 200 people were taken to hospitals in Oklahoma City and Tulsa after wrecks. A woman died in Arkansas when her vehicle slid across a highway median and crashed with a tractor-trailer.

Oklahoma troopers said travel was improving Thursday, but roads throughout central and northeastern Oklahoma were still hazardous because of the second storm.

In Tulsa, a crash left a 23-year-old woman critically injured, said Tina Wells of the Emergency Medical Services Authority.

Up to 2 inches of snow was expected to fall by early afternoon, said meteorologist Cheryl Sharpe with the National Weather Service.

A three-day storm that hit Oklahoma beginning Jan. 12 caused 32 deaths and left more than 120,000 power outages across eastern Oklahoma.