Chickasha man dies in Blaine County crash

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According to newsok.com a Chickasha man died in a two-vehicle accident in Blaine County.

Per the authorities, the now deceased Leon Smith was driving a tractor-trailer loaded with hay bales south on State Highway 8, about four miles south of Hitchcok, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Smith tried to negotiate a curve at a high rate of speed when the tractor-trailer rolled on its side, stopping on the northbound lane of the highway, troopers said.

Robert H. Banks, 43, of Enid was driving a pickup north on the highway and collided with the tractor-trailer's cab, troopers said.

Banks and his passengers, Allen Henry Banks and Andrew Lee Banks, both 20, were not hurt. All three were wearing seat belts, troopers said.