The Oklahoman

Three people die after Oklahoma crashes

- FROM STAFF REPORTS

Three people are dead after Oklahoma crashes, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.

Gustavo Marino, 30, of Liberal, Kansas

Marino was dead at the scene of a collision about 10:35 p.m. Sunday on U.S. 64 about 3 miles west of Forgan in Beaver County, the patrol said.

A sport utility vehicle driven east on U.S. 64 by Brandon Shaw Porter, 41, of Beaver, went left of center to pass a tractortra­iler and hit an oncoming car driven by Marino, the patrol reported.

Porter was taken to a Liberal hospital where he was treated for a leg injury.

A passenger in Marino’s car, Oscar A. Anaya, 34, of Liberal, was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released.

Seat belts were in use by Marino and Anaya. Porter did not wear a seat belt.

James R. Ripper, 34, of Sapulpa

Ripper was the driver of a van that crashed on Interstate 244 in the westbound lanes at the Yale Avenue exit ramp in Tulsa, the patrol reported.

Ripper was dead at the scene about 6:55 p.m. Sunday.

Ripper was driving west when he drove off the roadway and hit trees. He did not wear a seat belt.

William Lee Attaway, 18, of Noble

Attaway died Monday at OU Medical Center from injuries suffered in a wreck about 1:30 a.m. Friday, troopers said.

Attaway was driving a pickup south on U.S. 77 in Lexington in Cleveland County, when it went out of control and rolled, according to a patrol report.

He was not wearing a seat belt.

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