HARTSHORNE, Okla. — Emergency management officials from Pittsburg County announced the death of a volunteer on Oct. 31 and two emergency responders on Nov. 1 at the H-Town Throwdown drag racing event in Hartsthorne.
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In the announcement, officials said Justin Faulkner died Friday night, Oct. 31, while helping set up the event. The announcement also said Clint Lawrence and Jim McCoy were killed on Nov. 1 in a traffic accident at the festival.
The announcement was posted on the McAlester-Pittsburg County Emergency Management Facebook page, as well as on other related city and county pages.
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Hartshorne police chief Joe Watts told 2 News, McCoy -- a chief with the Alderson fire department was thrown about 50 feet into a police car when a driver in the race lost control.
He said Lawrence, a reserve police officer in nearby Haileyville, was killed when that same car crashed into a tree.
Chief Watts said the first responders were standing nearby when a car hit a curb, went airborne, and came directly at them.
He told 2 News Faulkner died when a portable light hit a power line above him.
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