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Three Iowans from Perry, Iowa, killed in SUV crash near Perry, Oklahoma
John McGlothlen
Aug. 16, 2009 6:45 pm
PERRY, Okla. (AP) - Three people from Iowa were killed after a tire blew out on a sport-utility vehicle, causing it to overturn several times along Interstate 35.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported the crash happened just before 1 p.m. Saturday about 10 miles north of Perry in northern Oklahoma.
The 2002 Ford Explorer was northbound on I-35 when the right rear tire blew out and the vehicle rolled five times, ejecting five of the seven passengers.
Killed in the crash were: 39-year-old driver Angel Rafael Chevez Flores; 19-year-old Celia Cruz-Chevez; and 37-year-old Gladys Cruz-Gonzalez. The four other passengers were injured.
The patrol reports all the victims were from Perry, Iowa.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.
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