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79-year-old driver dies in single-vehicle crash near Mangum

Calvin Gaston, who is from Wyandotte, was pronounced dead on the scene.

79-year-old driver dies in single-vehicle crash near Mangum

Calvin Gaston, who is from Wyandotte, was pronounced dead on the scene.

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79-year-old driver dies in single-vehicle crash near Mangum

Calvin Gaston, who is from Wyandotte, was pronounced dead on the scene.

One person died after a single-vehicle collision in southwest Oklahoma on Sunday. Open the video player above for more top headlines. At around 1:30 p.m., a Ford Ranger with two passengers inside was traveling northbound on US-283 at North 1960 Road just two miles east of Mangum. The vehicle failed to negotiate a curve and the driver, who was identified as 79-year-old Calvin Gaston, overcorrected, causing the vehicle to roll three times and ejecting Gaston, according to a crash report by Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Gaston, who is from Wyandotte, was pronounced dead on the scene. The other person in the car, a 75-year-old woman, was transported by Air Evac to OU Health Center in Oklahoma City. She was admitted in critical condition. Top HeadlinesPolice: Passenger assaults bus driver, causing it to crash into Oklahoma City buildingOklahoma hunter shot on opening day of spring turkey seasonYoung brother and sister dead, several hurt when vehicle crashes into birthday party in Michigan, sheriff saysProsecutors say Tifany Adams told investigators she was responsible for Kansas mothers' deathsCleveland County jail detainee dies in hospital after medical emergency, sheriff's office says

One person died after a single-vehicle collision in southwest Oklahoma on Sunday.

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At around 1:30 p.m., a Ford Ranger with two passengers inside was traveling northbound on US-283 at North 1960 Road just two miles east of Mangum. The vehicle failed to negotiate a curve and the driver, who was identified as 79-year-old Calvin Gaston, overcorrected, causing the vehicle to roll three times and ejecting Gaston, according to a crash report by Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Gaston, who is from Wyandotte, was pronounced dead on the scene.

The other person in the car, a 75-year-old woman, was transported by Air Evac to OU Health Center in Oklahoma City. She was admitted in critical condition.


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