According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol at approximately 10:24pm on April 21, 2018, a two-vehicle accident occurred on State Highway 82, 18.6 miles south of Tahlequah in Cherokee County.
According to the report a 2010 Dodge 2500 pick-up driven by Marcie Comstock 49 of Van Buren, Arkansas was traveling southbound on SH 82 and attempted to negotiate a curve and entered the opposite lane of travel, striking a 1986 GMC Pickup driven by Benjamin Dye, 38, of Cookson, OK.
Dye, was transported by Cherokee Nation EMS to St Francis Muskogee Hospital and was admitted in stable condition with head and leg injuries.
The accident was Investigated by OHP, Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department, Cherokee Nation EMS and Chicken Creek Fire Department.