APRIL 5, 2015
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol on Sunday identified the
occupants of one of the vehicles involved in a fiery head-on collision that
killed three people west of Muskogee on Saturday afternoon.
Christina Biggs, 42, was driving east on Oklahoma 16 about
3.7 miles west of Muskogee just after 4:45 p.m. Saturday while another vehicle,
which OHP Capt. Paul Timmons said was a Chevrolet Avalanche, was traveling west
on the same highway. The driver of the Avalanche, who was not identified
Sunday, drove left of the center line “for unknown reasons” and crashed head-on
into Biggs’ vehicle, which Timmons said was a Mercedes sport utility vehicle.
The two vehicles then caught fire on the roadway, according
to an OHP crash report.
Biggs was flown to a Tulsa hospital in critical condition,
and her passenger, 24-year-old Ashley Biggs, died at a Muskogee hospital, the
report states. The driver and passenger of the Avalanche died at the scene,
Timmons said.
Troopers said both women in the Mercedes were wearing seat
belts but that they were still investigating whether the people in the
Avalanche wore them at the time of the crash. OHP Lt. John Vincent said Sunday
afternoon that neither occupant of the Avalanche has been positively identified
due to the nature of the crash scene, and officials would likely have to resort
to dental records to do so.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation, troopers
said. OHP released the collision scene to the Oklahoma Department of
Transportation late Saturday but said the stretch of highway would remain
closed overnight due to damage the crash caused to the roadway.
Troopers said the road has since been reopened as of Sunday
afternoon.
Source: www.kjrh.com