During '?Operation Guardian,'? ICE and DPS Highway Patrol troopers working through ICE's 287(g) program arrested illegal foreign nationals driving semi-trucks in violation of state commercial driver's ... Read More

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says they believe a Texas truck driver was watching TV when his truck crashed into an Oklahoma Turnpike Authority truck, killing an employee. Read More

He's accused of killing OTA worker Zachary Rhinehart, 36, of Vinita on August 18. Rhinehart was stopped on the side of the Will Rogers Turnpike, picking up trash and debris. That's when court records ... Read More

Authorities arrest two people in connection to a death investigation, a storm rips through an Oklahoma town, and details about a rollover crash in Jasper County. Read More

Zachary Rinehart, 36, was a passenger in the parked car and died from injuries he received, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. Read More

We learned it was a Fatal Crash Investigation involving a tractor-trailer. An eastbound semi went off the road and struck an OTA (Oklahoma Transportation Authority) vehicle and a worker on foot. The ... Read More

OTTAWA COUNTY, Okla. - Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) said one Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) worker is dead and another is in critical condition after being hit by a semi while picking up trash on ... Read More

A Vinita man accused of fatally running over a Ketchum High School student while under the influence of drugs and alcohol has pleaded guilty. Kolton McAnally, 20, pleaded ... Read More

ADAIR, Okla. - A two-vehicle crash that left a Vinita man dead is under investigation, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. Gregory Peacock, 54, was driving a 2011 Ford F150. He was taken to St. John ... Read More

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Jimmy and Jabrion Hardin were cruising down Interstate 44 just south of Vinita when flashing blue and red lights appeared behind them. Read More

This is the dramatic moment a semi-truck flies off a bridge and explodes after being struck by a swerving driver but, miraculously, everyone walked away with only minor injuries. The crash occurred at ... Read More

The crash occurred at the Vinita exit of the Will Rogers Turnpike in Oklahoma when a car hit the big rig and forced it partly off the roadway and down on to Highway 60 below. Read More

A wrong-way crash on Highway 60 in Vinita, Oklahoma, sent a semi-truck off a bridge and into flames, with the truck driver escaping with minor injuries. The passenger car driver Nurbin ... Read More

A semi-truck burst into flames after a wrong-way driver crashed head-on into it near the Vinita exit on Oklahoma's Will Rogers Turnpike, dramatic dashcam footage shows. The truck plunged off a bridge ... Read More

A semi-truck erupted into flames Thursday after being struck by a car, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Read More

After a fiery crash on the Will Rogers Turnpike Thursday morning, authorities assumed the driver of the semi that plunged off the interstate, died in the ball of flames. Miraculously, he survived. The ... Read More

Video shows the moment a vehicle lost control and hit a tractor-trailer on the Will Rogers Turnpike near the Vinita exit, causing the semi to leave the roadway and go off a bridge. The tractor-trailer ... Read More

The driver of the car that crashed into the semi, was identified as Nurbin Remigio Hernandez-Guzman. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troopers say Hernandez-Guzman ran away from the scene of the crash and ... Read More

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Eastbound 1-44 and the Will Rogers Turnpike is down to one lane after a fiery crash near Vinita. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said there were only minor injuries in the crash. Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - One person was arrested after a violent crash on the Will Rogers Turnpike. Oklahoma Highway Patrol says it happened near the Vinita Exit, where the driver of a car lost control ... Read More

Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) has now confirmed a crash on the Will Rogers Turnpike at the Vinita exit was not fatal and said one person is in custody. Read More

Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) previously said a crash on the Will Rogers Turnpike at the Vinita exit was fatal, and has now confirmed it was not. Read More

OHP says the Will Rogers Turnpike eastbound exit ramp to Vinita, mile marker 289 is now open, only US-60 under the Will Rogers Turnpike remains closed. Read More

U.S. 60 under the Will Rogers Turnpike at the Vinita Exit, mile marker 289, is shut down after a deadly commercial vehicle crash.The Oklahoma Highway Patrol re ... Read More

Oklahoma Highway Patrol crews are responding to a fatal accident on the Will Rogers Turnpike at the Vinita exit, where a commercial truck went off the overpass onto U.S. 60 and exploded. Read More

Crews had to temporarily shut down a portion of the Will Rogers Turnpike, but U.S. 60 remains shut down near Vinita an hour after the fatal crash, troopers said. Read More

'? OHP Units are on-scene of fatality commercial vehicle incident where a semi or a box truck has come off the overpass on the Will Rogers Turnpike eastbound at the Vinita Exit at MM 289, a portion of ... Read More

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says either a semi-truck or a box-truck drove off the turnpike overpass at the Vinita exit and exploded at around 11:15 a.m. Thursday. A portion of the vehicle is on the ... Read More

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority say Oklahoma Highway Patrol are on the scene of a fatal vehicle wreck where a semi or box truck has come off the overpass on the Will Rogers Turnpike eastbound at the ... Read More

Read more from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol below: Troopers responded to a crash today involving a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle at the Vinita exit on the Will Rogers Turnpike. The driver of the ... Read More

VINITA, Okla. - Kim Guthrie-Harrel noticed police lights flashing from a cross street in the late morning hours while driving Route 66 near Foyil, Oklahoma. '?Highway rules,'? Kim thought ... Read More

House Bill 1155 would require the Department of Public Safety to develop a system capable of notifying drivers of vehicle pursuits in their area. Read More

Anthony Giancola, reported as a suicidal runaway, tried to flee Rogers County sheriff's deputies and an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper after Vinita police stopped because of hazards to the public. Read More

The eastbound exit ramp at Big Cabin on I-44 and Will Rogers Turnpike is temporarily shut down due to an overturned semi. Read More

VINITA, Okla. (KOAM) - The Oklahoma State Highway Patrol has reported that the eastbound exit ramp near Vinita, OK on the Will Rogers Turnpike is closed following a semi-truck rollover. The incident, ... Read More

One man died and a woman was seriously injured when a tow truck struck a sedan Tuesday in southeast Kansas. Joseph Monroe Reed, 79, of Vinita, Oklahoma, died at the scene of the accident, Kansas ... Read More

A $10.7 million federal grant will install 112 electric vehicle charging ports in 12 community locations within the Cherokee Nation reservation. Proposed sites for EV Charging ... Read More

A 17-year-old from Republic, Missouri, is in custody after a fatal crash claimed the life of a woman from Vinita, Oklahoma. Police were pursuing the teenager , ... Read More

A tragic incident unfolded on Sunday morning when a police pursuit led to a fatal car crash on Route 66, resulting | Contact Police Accident Reports (888) 657-1460 for help if you were in this ... Read More

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) said the daughter, identified as Logan Harrel, age 23, was pronounced dead at the scene and the mother, Kimberly Harrel, age 50, was transported by air to a Tulsa ... Read More

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 207 and 257 ... A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 AM CDT for northeastern and east central Oklahoma. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN; ... Read More

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly single-vehicle crash in Rogers County. According to OHP, the incident happened Wednesday at 5:03 pm on OK-66 approximately 46 feet west of E Shady ... Read More

The death of a Vinita woman who was killed in a one-vehicle crash is under investigation, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. Rose Abrams, 82, was pronounced dead at the scene, the patrol said. Read More

According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 82-year-old Rose Abram was driving a 2006 Chevy Silverado on State Highway 66, approximately 2 miles north of Chelsea, just after 5 p.m. Wednesday. The ... Read More

An 82-year-old woman from Vinita was killed in a single-vehicle crash two miles north of Chelsea in Rogers County on Wednesday. Read More

CHELSEA, Okla. - The death of a Vinita woman who was killed in a one-vehicle crash is under investigation, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. Rose Abrams, 82, was pronounced dead at the scene ... Read More

Ottawa County environmental group receives $5k grant for oral history project Motorcycle accident in Grove claims the life of a Vinita man Oklahoma's Saturday storms produced 11 tornadoes, NWS ... Read More

GROVE, Okla. - A Vinita man died from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle crash, according to Grove Police Chief Mark Morris. Ford Mclain-White, 22, died May 28, according to an accident report. Read More

A Kansas City man remains hospitalized at Mercy Hospital after being hit by a snowplow, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. Israel Mayer, 19, is in stable condition after his 2023 Mini Cooper rolled ... Read More

A Vinita man was killed crossing State Highway 28 about a mile west of Langley Saturday afternoon, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Troopers said 64-year-old Bill Orton died while being ... Read More

The main highway between the Oklahoma communities of Nowata and Vinita has re-opened to traffic after crews rebuilt a railroad overpass and widened U.S. Highway 60 west of Vinita in Craig County. Read More