Joe Peter Youngblood, 60, was traveling south on Airport Road about three and a half miles south of Webbers Falls when his 1995 Dodge Spirit went left of center and struck a second vehicle on the driver's side. The second vehicle, a 1995 Chevrolet Lumina, was driven by Charlette Elizabeth Hasting, 18, of Webbers Falls.
Youngblood died at the scene of multiple internal injuries. A passenger in Youngblood's vehicle, Jane Cowen, 56, also of Webbers Falls, was transported by helicopter to St. John's Hospital in Tulsa where she was listed in critical condition with trunk, head, leg, and arm injuries. The OHP reported that Youngblood and Cowen were not wearing their seatbelts at the time of the accident. The OHP reported that airbags were equipped and deployed in Hasting's vehicle, but were not equipped in Youngblood's vehicle.
Hasting, who was wearing her seatbelt, was treated and released for internal and external trunk injuries from Muskogee Regional Medical Center, according to the OHP report.
Webbers Falls Police and Fire Departments assisted in the accident.




