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Associated Press - May 21, 2009 10:45 AM ET
VALLIANT, Okla. (AP) - A well-known rodeo announcer has been killed after a pickup truck crashed into him while he was riding a lawnmower in McCurtain County.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 47-year-old Mark Lynn McGee died at the scene of the crash at 6:05 p.m. Thursday about three miles north of Valliant.
The patrol says 28-year-old Stacy Sloan Whiteley was northbound on a county road when he lost control of his pickup, ran off the road and slammed into McGee.
The patrol says Whiteley was taken to a Texas hospital in serious condition and that alcohol may have played a role in the crash.
McGee announced the International Finals Youth Rodeo in Shawnee for 16 years and also announced for the International Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City.
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