OHP identify 2 killed in head-on crash in Rogers County

ROGERS COUNTY, Okla. — Fog made for dangerous road conditions Wednesday morning. Oklahoma Highway Patrol said two drivers died in a head-on collision on Highway 412 just east of Catoosa.

Eastbound traffic shut down for more than three hours after a deadly crash on Highway 412 near 265th East Avenue in Rogers County.

Troopers said a wrong-way driver was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes and dense fog made conditions dangerous.

According to OHP, Broken Arrow residents Jarrett Sites and Christopher Dallis died on scene due to injuries sustained in the crash.

“The fog played a factor in it [the crash], but that’s one factor of many,” Lieutenant Southall said.

When Christy Hamilton drove home from her shift at The Hard Rock Casino and Hotel, she didn’t expect the adrenaline that would take over from avoiding the head-on crash.

“I know when I left work I couldn’t see from one stoplight to the next. All you could see was one stoplight. The fog was so bad it wiped out every other stoplight,” said Hamilton, a witness who said she nearly was part of the crash herself.

“It was about the same on the highway. The visibility was so bad. Barely see in front of your headlights. I mean, if there wasn’t any lights, you couldn’t see them,” Hamilton continued. “They were going the wrong way. When I noticed that they were, I slammed on my brakes."

A pickup truck driver told FOX23 on the scene he just couldn’t avoid the crashed out cars. He was clearly shaken up after his truck wrecked and ended up in the median. He said he climbed out of his window with just a few scratches.

Lieutenant Southall said you need to be extra cautious when dense fog makes it hard to see.

“With the fog, you may have very low visibility especially in the rural areas. You’ve got to make sure that you make extra time to get to where you’re going, you allow extra distance between you and the car in front of you and allow for the unexpected to happen," Lieutenant Southall said. "The last thing we want is more people to be killed in a situation like this."

OHP hasn’t released the identities of the two drivers killed.