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Published May 14, 2008 12:22 am -

Pedestrian dies after being hit by van



AFTON, Okla. — A Miami man who was struck by a van while standing on the shoulder of the Will Rogers Turnpike has died.

Russell Wells, 59, died Monday night at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Wells was standing on the shoulder of the turnpike waiting for a tow truck Monday morning near Afton when he was hit by a van driven by Tommy Foster, of Afton, the patrol said. The patrol said Wells was thrown about 18 feet from the point of impact and landed in a ditch.

Wells was flown to St. John’s in critical condition.



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