2 pedestrians injured in separate wrecks
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Posted: 02/05/2012
TULSA - Two pedestrians were injured in separate incidents along Oklahoma roads this weekend, according to Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers.
The first accident occurred around 9:45 p.m. Saturday near 31st Street and County Road 273 in Wagoner County.
Troopers say Blake A. Carter, 21, was walking on road when he attempted to run in front of a car driven by 21-year-old Charles Van Risseghem.
Carter was struck by the car. He was transferred to a Tulsa hospital with leg injuries.
Neither Risseghem nor his passenger were injured.
A second accident, in Love County, left a pedestrian injured after being struck by a car near Thackerville.
Troopers say an unnamed woman was walking in the northbound lanes of Merle Wolfe Road around 2 a.m. Sunday when she was hit by 47-year-old Camille Silmon of Grand Praire, Texas.
The woman was knocked approximately 22 feet by the impact.
She was admitted to a Texas hospital with head, internal and external trunk injuries. She is in stable condition.
Silmon and a passenger were uninjured.
Troopers attribute both accidents to the actions of the pedestrians.
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