One killed in Texas County collision

OPTIMA, Okla. (AP) _ A pickup truck collided with a tractor-trailer in Texas County this morning, killing the pickup's teenage driver. <br/><br/>The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 17-year-old Gildardo

Sunday, December 17th 2006, 3:23 pm

By: News On 6

OPTIMA, Okla. (AP) _ A pickup truck collided with a tractor-trailer in Texas County this morning, killing the pickup's teenage driver.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 17-year-old Gildardo Galindo of Guymon died in the 1:40 am collision.

The crash occurred on US 54 one-half mile west of Optima in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Troopers say the pickup was southbound on a county road and failed to stop at a stop sign, stricking the westbound tractor-trailer.

Galindo died at the scene. Two passengers in the pickup were medi-flighted to a hospital in Lubbock, Texas, in critical cndition.

The patrol says all three occupants of the pickup were wearing seat belts.