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September 6, 2023
Teen motorist hits fallen tree
A Webbers Falls teen was injured Sunday morning when the vehicle he was driving struck a tree that had fallen across a street east of Porum.
According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Hayden Pearce, 19, was driving a 2008 Chevy Tahoe east on 253rd Street in Muskogee County at about 11 a.m. went he went over a hill and hit the downed tree.
The vehicle then departed the roadway to the right and struck another tree.
Pearce is listed in stable condition at St. John Tulsa hospital.
Two passengers in the vehicle, Jordan Cole, 21, of Porum and a 15-yearold juvenile from Webbers Falls, were uninjured.