Lucien woman dies in collision with train

Ponca City Now - September 12, 2019 1:54 pm

A 19-year-old woman from Lucien died Thursday morning after a collision with a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train on Noble Road, near Lucien in Garfield County, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.

Roxann Renae Hunt was driving a 2015 Hyundai Veloster and collided with the freight train, which was powered by two engines, at 7:47 a.m. Thursday.

The train and was operated by Samuel Murray Davis, 65, of Tulsa. Davis was not injured. Three passengers on the train, all of Tulsa, were not injured.

Hunt’s car was northbound on Champlin Road. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol stated she failed to stop for the oncoming train and was struck on the passenger side.

Hunt was transported by ambulance to Perry Memorial Hospital, then transferred to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, where she was pronounced dead from head, arm, leg, trunk internal, and trunk external injuries.

 

 

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