CREEK COUNTY, Okla. — A 58-year-old Tulsa man died following a two-vehicle crash Sunday evening, October 18, on the Turner Turnpike in Creek County.
According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP), the crash occurred at approximately 6:58 p.m. in the westbound lanes of Interstate 44 near mile marker 221.
Troopers reported that Thomas Hess, 58, of Tulsa, made an unsafe lane change and struck a commercial motor vehicle driven by Robert W. Green, 50, of Chelsea.
The collision caused Hess’s vehicle to roll over multiple times. Hess sustained fatal injuries in the crash.
Green was not injured.
According to the OHP report, both drivers were wearing seat belts at the time of the collision. Neither vehicle had passengers.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol investigated the crash.
