TEXAS COUNTY, Oklahoma — Two people were injured on May 18 when the tractor-trailer they were traveling in rolled over due to high winds.
News 4 San Antonio reported that the driver of the 2020 Freightliner was heading west on U.S. 54 when he lost control at around 10 p.m. one mile west of Tyrone, Oklahoma.
The vehicle rolled, landing on the driver’s side with the trailer blocking both westbound lanes.
The driver, Michael Robert Travis, 42, of Wilder, Idaho, was transported to Seward Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas, where he was treated and released.
His passenger, Keileigh Sorenson-Eslick, 23, also of Wilder, was ejected and partially pinned under the vehicle for about 30 minutes.
She was also taken to Seward Medical Center, but later flown to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.
Sorenson-Eslick was listed in critical condition.
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