Woman, unborn baby die in crash

Ponca City Now - November 13, 2015 10:22 am

BENNINGTON, Okla. (AP) – A pregnant woman and her unborn daughter have been killed in a Bryan County crash.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 21-year-old Shawnlynn Pool of Hugo died in the crash on U.S. 70 at near Bennington about 4 p.m. Wednesday.

The Oklahoman reports (http://bit.ly/1MN9J1q ) the victim was a passenger in a pickup truck driven by a 24-year-old Hugo man.

A 37-year-old man was driving a pickup truck westbound on U.S. 70 when he went left of center and struck the vehicle driven by the 24-year-old man in the eastbound lane on the passenger side.

Patrol reports that Pool’s infant daughter was delivered at a Durant hospital but was pronounced dead.

Both drivers treated for injuries at the Durant hospital.

 

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