Mooreland teen dies from crash injuries
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December 15, 2021
A Mooreland teen has died following a one-vehicle wreck that occurred last Thursday. The 16-year-old male died Friday morning at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol does not release names of juveniles involved in accidents.
The collision occurred at 6:23 a.m. Thursday on a county road approximately 11 miles east and 6.4 miles south of Mooreland in Woodward County. Gerald Hartzell, 42, of Mooreland, was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Impala northbound when he swerved to avoid a porcupine. The vehicle went off the side of the roadway, the driver overcorrected, and the vehicle went into a broad slide striking a guard rail end.
Hartzell and a 15-year-old male passenger were treated at the Woodward Hospital and released.
The front seat passenger was the only one wearing a seatbelt. The backseat passenger was ejected from the vehicle.
Trooper Cody Rehder investigated the crash.
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