Christopher Caldwell, 29, of Howe was pronounced dead at Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center in Poteau after the 12:04 a.m. accident, OHP reported. Daniel Lee Childress, 22, of Poteau was pronounced dead at the scene.
Kimberly A. Peters, 24, of Sallisaw was admitted to Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center with head injuries.
Mary Davis, 22, of Cameron was taken to St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith, Ark., with multiple injuries, and died Tuesday.
Peters was driving a 1997 Chevrolet Blazer south on a county road when she lost control of the vehicle on a downhill slope near Poteau, according to the OHP. The vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree.
Poteau firefighters used the Jaws of Life to extricate Caldwell and Childress from the vehicle about 30 minutes after the accident.
An odor of alcohol was detected on Peters and drug use was indicated, the OHP reported. Peters and her three passengers were not wearing seat belts, according to the OHP. The OHP reported that unsafe speed was the cause of the collision.
Childress' funeral is at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Assembly of God in Hartford with burial at Monroe Cemetery in Monroe. He is survived by his parents, David and Sue Childress of Monroe; birth parents, Danny Dye of Willcox, Ariz.; and Susan Placke of Panama; maternal birth grandparents, John and Virginia Sanders of Monroe; paternal birth grandparents, Harry and Lou Dye of Yuma, Ariz.; a brother, Dustin Smith of Roland; and three sisters, Lynette Williams of Monroe, Christine Dye of Marianna and Susie Frizzell of Howe.
Caldwell's funeral is at 2 p.m. Thursday at Christian Grove Free Will Baptist Church in Pocola. He is survived by his wife, Michelle Penrod of Howe; a son, Dakota Caldwell of the home; three stepchildren, Erich, Damian, and Steven Penrod, all of the home; his mother, Cecilia Kahala of Pocola; his father, Travis Caldwell of Muldrow; maternal grandparents, Hilton and Paula Kannady of Pocola; paternal grandmother, Ethalene Caldwell of Chesapeake, Ohio; a sister, Jessica Bennett of Pocola; and five brothers, Scott Caldwell, Maxwell Kannady, Jacob Bennett, and Brandon Stanley, all of Pocola, and Jason Bennett of Richland, Texas.
