Ponca City woman injured in morning accident
Ponca City Now - June 27, 2016 3:25 pm
A 20-year-old Ponca City woman was injured in an accident Monday morning in Osage County.
The accident occurred about 10 a.m. on Glasgow Road, 2.5 miles south of U.S. Highway 60, 2 miles east of Ponca City.
Rebecca Dawn Simmons, 20, of Ponca City was transported by EagleMed to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa in critical condition with a head injury, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
The patrol reported she was driving a 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix northbound on Glasgow Road at a high rate of speed, went left of center, attempted to get back into her lane and departed the roadway to the right.
Her car collided with a tree, entered the roadway, departed the roadway to the left and came to rest in a ditch, the patrol said.