December 6, 2022
By News Director Jared Atha
Another fatal car wreck in western Oklahoma, this time in southern Woodward County.
According to the collision report provided by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, a Mutual man died Monday morning in a two-vehicle accident near the small community of Mutual.
Troopers say 79-year-old Douglas Plank was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:30 a.m. on U.S. 270, about 2.5 miles north and 1.1 miles west of Mutual.
According to the report, Plank was driving a 2001 Chrysler Sebring west on U.S. 270 when he went into the left turn lane, overcorrected, went into a broad slide and hit the trailer of a tractor-trailer rig that was attempting a right-hand turn.
The driver of the semi was not injured.
The report lists the condition of both drivers and the cause of the accident as under investigation.
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