Troopers investigate deadly crash on US 69 near McAlester

MCALESTER, OK – According to KOCO, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that happened on US 69 1.5 miles south of McAlester on Thursday.

A 74-year-old man was driving a pickup truck when he left a private driveway and failed to yield to a northbound pickup truck around 2:30 p.m.

Rescue crews pronounced the 74-year-old man dead at the scene. The other driver was treated and released from the hospital.

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