ASSOCIATED PRESS OKLAHOMA CITY -- A winter storm system that has resulted in at least four deaths continues to hold Oklahoma in its grip Thursday and Friday as forecasters warn that brutally cold conditions soon will move into the state.Hazardous driving conditions in the state continue to lead to dozens of accidents. The storm claimed another victim early today, when an emergency medical technician died from injuries she suffered hours earlier when the ambulance in which she was riding ran off a Latimer County road. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 51-year-old Janez Case of Clayton was pronounced dead today at a Fort Smith, Arkansas, hospital. OHP Trooper Alan Beaty says road conditions remained dangerous throughout the state. Norman-based National Weather Service meteorologist Ty Judd says another system is expected to enter northern Oklahoma by early tomorrow and will push south through the state, bringing much colder temperatures and a chance of one to three inches of snow in the western half of Oklahoma. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Freezing weather continues to grip Oklahoma
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ASSOCIATED PRESS OKLAHOMA CITY -- A winter storm system that has resulted in at least four deaths continues to hold Oklahoma in its grip Thursday and Friday as forecasters warn that brutally cold conditions soon will move into the state.Hazardous driving conditions in the state continue to lead to dozens of accidents. The storm claimed another victim early today, when an emergency medical technician died from injuries she suffered hours earlier when the ambulance in which she was riding ran off a Latimer County road. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 51-year-old Janez Case of Clayton was pronounced dead today at a Fort Smith, Arkansas, hospital. OHP Trooper Alan Beaty says road conditions remained dangerous throughout the state. Norman-based National Weather Service meteorologist Ty Judd says another system is expected to enter northern Oklahoma by early tomorrow and will push south through the state, bringing much colder temperatures and a chance of one to three inches of snow in the western half of Oklahoma. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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