Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Traffic Accident Shuts Down Tulsa Highway

TULSA, OK -- A traffic accident on U.S. Highway 75 near 56th Street North closed down the southbound lanes of the highway for over an hour Monday morning.

Tulsa Police say a pickup truck struck the back of a street sweeper.

Officers say the driver of the street sweeper was ok, but the driver of the pickup truck was taken to a Tulsa hospital in serious condition.

The street sweeper was operated by a private contractor for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.

The street sweeper was cleaning the inside shoulder of a bridge when it was hit by the pickup truck.

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