One dead, two injured in Friday night crash on county road in rural Adair County

According to information supplied by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, one person was killed and two others were injured in a car accident in Adair County on Friday night,

An OHP report said the crash occurred around 10:40 p.m. on December 2 on County Road Salem about a quarter mile east of US Highway 59 and five miles south of Stilwell.

According to that report, Jade Duncan, 25 of Stilwell, was driving a 2013 Kia Optima with two passengers. OHP officials said the cause of the accident and what happened are still under investigation.

After the accident, Duncan was taken to a hospital in Tahlequah in fair condition. One of the passengers, an 8-year-old female from Stilwell, was taken to the same hospital in fair condition.

The other passenger, whose name and age have not been released, was pronounced dead by the Medical Examiner.

Responding officers said seatbelts were not in use at the time of the crash.