A Woodward woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 183 around 4:40 p.m. Thursday afternoon.
Dixie Lyn Rocha, 41, of Woodward died of internal injuries in the accident. She was pronounced dead at Seiling Municipal Hospital. The driver of the second vehicle was not injured.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the accident occurred when Rocha, driving a 2004 Chrysler northwestbound on U.S. 183, lost control of her vehicle and went into a broadslide and struck a 2002 Freightliner truck, driven by Mari Alaine Halverson, 45, of St. Paul, Minn., which was traveling southeastbound.
Halverson’s husband, Kevin Lee Halverson, 47, was a passenger in the 2002 Freightliner and was also not injured.
According to the OHP report. Rocha was not wearing a seatbelt. The Halversons were wearing seatbelts.
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