PITTSBURG COUNTY, OK. (THECOUNT) — Christopher Pierson and Darci Pierson, of McAlester, Oklahoma, have been identified as the victims in a Saturday night double-fatal crash in Pittsburg County.
Christopher, 33, and his wife, Darci, 28, were both killed in a single-vehicle crash involving a deer in McAlester Saturday night.
According to reports, Christopher was operating a vehicle on Indian Nation Turnpike near Mile Marker 80, when the vehicle came into contact with a deer in the roadway around 7:45 p.m. Saturday. The vehicle then exited the roadway before coming into contact with a tree and rolling over into a creek.
The couple were both pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries at the scene.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Pittsburg County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 45,837. Its county seat is McAlester. The county was formed from part of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory in 1907 – Wikipedia.
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