August 2, 2021
By News Director Jared Atha
A semi-truck crashed on Interstate 40 in Caddo County early Saturday morning, resulting in the death of one man and the serious injury of another.
According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 59-year-old Andre Hood of Covington, Tennessee, died from his injuries at Weatherford Regional Hospital.
OHP says Hood along with his passenger, 27-year-old Marquez McDowell of Olive Branch, Mississippi, were traveling eastbound in a 2020 Freightliner when at approximately 1:46 a.m. the truck went off the right side of the road. The truck would travel 1,300 feet before going airborne for another 30 feet before colliding into an embankment.
Troopers say Hood was pinned inside the truck for 20 minutes before being freed by Hinton firefighters. His passenger, McDowell was in the sleeper cab of the semi during the crash and was ejected approximately 80 feet.
McDowell was transported to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City where he was admitted with head, trunk internal, and trunk external injuries. He was last listed to be in serious condition.
OHP says the cause of the crash, and the condition of the driver are both under investigation.
In a separate accident on I-40 over the weekend, a two vehicle accident occurred in Beckham County in the westbound lanes near mile marker 22.
OHP says that accident occurred at 8:40a.m. Sunday, causing both lanes to be closed for an hour and 45 minutes.
OHP says there were no injuries in the mishap.
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