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Car carrying dead body involved in accident, driver dies

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A driver involved in a rollover accident on Keystone Highway Wednesday has died.

Tulsa police said the driver of a Honda Odyssey van belonging to a funeral home was transporting a body from a funeral home in Sand Springs to the crematory, parted the roadway, struck the concrete pillar and rolled.

Police said the accident happened on Highway 412 and 49th West Avenue.

That's when the body inside the van came through the windshield, police said.

The driver was transported to a Tulsa-area hospital, where he later died from his injuries, police said.

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