3 die in crashes on state roads

Three people died Monday in separate crashes in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.

Harold M. Martin, 83, of Konawa

Martin died in a collision about 6:20 p.m. Monday on the Chickasaw Turnpike, about three miles northeast of Roff in Pontotoc County, the patrol reported.

A passenger in the car Martin drove, Donna J. Martin, 73, of Konawa, was flown to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City in serious condition, the patrol reported.

Harold Martin was driving east on the turnpike when he came to a stop sign at State Highway 1 and stopped. Martin then failed to yield and drove into the path of a southbound tractortrailer driven by Rickey J. Brouillette, 51, of Alexandria, Louisiana. Brouillette was taken to an Ada hospital where he was treated for an injury to his arm. Seat belts were in use by everyone involved, the patrol reported.

Bryon Lee Fischer, 58, of Enid

Fischer was driving a vehicle described as a service rig about 1 p.m. on U.S. 81 about four miles north of Kingfisher when he was fatally injured in a collision with a tractortrailer.

The patrol reported Fischer was driving north in the right lane when he tried to turn left and was struck by the tractortrailer, which was traveling northbound in the left-hand lane. The truck driver, Robert Joseph Reese, 60, of Okarche, was taken to a Kingfisher hospital, where he was treated for injuries and released.

Seat belts were not in use by Fischer. Reese wore a seat belt.

Russell Gilden, 25, of Moore

Gilden died about 9:30 p.m. Monday at NW 27 and Shields Boulevard in Moore when the motorcycle he was riding northbound on Shields hit a car that was eastbound on NW 27 in the intersection, police said. The cause is still under investigation, Sgt. Jeremy Lewis said.

The driver of a car, T’Mara Burgess, 31, and passenger, Tiffany Hicks, 27, were treated for minor injuries at the scene.