A Skiatook man was killed Thursday afternoon after crashing head-on into a tractor-trailer rig on an Osage County road, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.
Bradley Prather, 48, was driving a 2009 Ford F-350 pickup east on County Road 2130 around 3 p.m. Thursday when he went left of center, according to a preliminary crash report.
His pickup crashed head-on into a tractor-trailer rig about 9 miles west of Avant, troopers said.
Prather, who was pinned in the wreckage about 45 minutes, was pronounced dead at the scene.
He was not wearing a seat belt, according to troopers.
The truck driver reportedly was not injured.
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