OHP Reviewing U-Turn Procedures After Crashes

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Three traffic accidents since October involving an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper making a U-turn has the OHP reviewing its U-turn procedures. <br/><br/>Trooper William McClendon and

Monday, December 18th 2006, 9:34 am

By: News On 6

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Three traffic accidents since October involving an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper making a U-turn has the OHP reviewing its U-turn procedures.

Trooper William McClendon and truck driver Hussein Osman were killed October 1st when Osman crashed into the patrol car as McClendon attempted a U-turn on I-44 near Claremore.

Troopers Jason Fox and Bruce Brooks were injured last Monday in separate crashes on U.S. 377 and on the Cimarron Turnpike.

OHP Captain Chris West says if changes are needed in the procedure they will be made.

A report on the crash that killed McClendon and Hussein says both drivers made unsafe or illegal actions but that McClendon's U-turn likely initiated the crash.

West says the accident involving Trooper Fox was primarily Fox's fault while the collision involving Brooks was due to the other driver's inattention.