(Cherokee, OK) A single-vehicle collision in Alfalfa County sent seven teenagers to hospitals with minor to serious injuries Sunday night.
Tierna Mustard, 19, was driving a 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix east on Grant Road, about a third of a mile west of Cherokee, at about 10:12 p.m. Sunday when she lost control of the vehicle and went into a broad slide off the right side of the road, rolled and struck a telephone pole, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
None of the vehicle’s seven occupants were wearing seat belts and all seven were ejected from the vehicle during the collision, according to the OHP reports. With Mustard, the other six passengers were a 14-year-old boy from Alva, two 14-year-old boys from Cherokee, two 16-year-old boys from Waynoka and a 16-year-old boy from Amorita.
Mustard and the 14-year-old from Alva were transported to Integris Bass Baptist Health Center in Enid. Mustard was admitted in stable condition for observation and the 14-year-old was treated and released. One of the 14-year-olds from Waynoka and a 16-year-old from Cherokee were transported to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Enid. They were treated and released. The other 14-year-old from Waynoka and the 15-year-old from Amorita were transported to Integris Bass, then transferred to OU Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City. Both were admitted in stable condition with head and arm injuries and internal trunk injuries, respectively.
The other 16-year-old boy from Cherokee was transported to St. Mary’s, then transferred to OU Children’s Hospital and admitted in serious condition with internal trunk and head injuries.
The condition of the driver was listed on the report as “apparently normal” and the cause of the collision as “under investigation” with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
