NOBLE COUNTY — Two area women died in an accident just before 2 a.m. Wednesday in Noble County,
Oklahoma.
According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, a van driven by 22-year-old Ryan Fulcher of South Hutchinson was westbound on U.S. 412, about seven miles northeast of Perry, when the van left the road and hit the trailer of a semi that was parked on the westbound shoulder.
Two passengers, 20-year-old Beth Ratley of South Hutchinson and 21-year-old Rebecca Fulcher of McPherson, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Ryan Fulcher and a third passenger, 24-year-old Leah Ratley of South Hutchinson, were transported to Stillwater Medical Center for treatment of injuries.
The driver of the semi, 26-year-old Dhafer M. Awad of Scottsdale, Arizona, was not injured.