A motorcycle rider is dead after crashing into a tractor trailer rig east of Catoosa. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the crash happened in extremely thick fog around 6:30 this morning.
The truck was pulling onto Highway 412 from the Johnson's Port facility at about 305th East Avenue, near the McClelland-Kerr Navigation Channel. The patrol says the motorcycle slammed into the rear of the truck. Trooper Dwight Durant tells KWGS, from the scene, that most likely the motorcycle rider did not see the truck until it was too late to stop.
The wreck snarled morning rush traffic. At one point, Tulsa bound traffic was backed up to nearly Inola.