TURNPIKE ACCIDENT: Passenger in critical condition

Officials vow not to quit looking until everyone is found

The tornado that killed 24 people and injured at least 100 others in the Moore and Oklahoma City area cut a 17-mile-long path that started in Newcastle and ended at Lake Stanley Draper. Nine of the dead are children.

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July 25, 2012

TURNPIKE ACCIDENT: Passenger in critical condition

Mark Friedel Staff Reporter The Claremore Daily Progress Wed Jul 25, 2012, 05:44 PM CDT

VERDIGRIS — A collision between two west bound vehicles occurred around 8 a.m. Wednesday morning on the Will Rogers Turnpike near Claremore.

The accident involved a white Chrysler van which had veered into the outside lane striking the trailer of a semi-freightliner, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

The vehicle overturned and landed on the driver’s side, striking a concrete barrier before coming to a stop.

The husband of the driver, James Genia, 32, was life-flighted to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa after being partially ejected through the back drivers side window.

The driver of the van was identified as 30-year-old Kristina Genia of Oceanside, Calif. Passengers involved were three children that were transported to St. Francis Hospitalfor precautionary reasons, according to OHP.

The Driver of semi-truck was not injured. Traffic was backed up for about an hour because of the accident.

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