MuskogeePhoenix.com, Muskogee, OK

November 12, 2009

<font color=green>P.M. UPDATE: </font>Longtown man killed in motorcycle crash


A motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene after striking a deer Thursday on Oklahoma 2, one mile south and two miles east of Quinton in Haskell County.

James Dodson, 67, of Longtown was driving a 2005 Harley-Davidson southbound on Oklahoma 2 at approximately 6 a.m., in dense fog when the accident happened, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Dodson was transported to Mallory Funeral Home in Stigler.

He was not wearing a helmet, the trooper’s report states.