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Tulsa man dies in wreck on Muskogee Turnpike

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BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a 94-year-old Tulsa man has died after a wreck on the Muskogee Turnpike.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the collision happened early Friday about 3 miles east of Broken Arrow. According to a preliminary report, 94-year-old Paul Laughlin was driving west when he stopped his vehicle for unknown reasons in the right lane of traffic. According to the report, his vehicle was hit from behind by an oncoming vehicle.

The highway patrol says Laughlin was taken to a Tulsa hospital, where he later died.

The driver of the second vehicle suffered minor injuries in the crash.

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