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Woman dies in motorcycle accident

Associated Press - November 5, 2009 6:05 AM ET

POTEAU, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a Catoosa woman was killed in a motorcycle accident on Oklahoma 1 in LeFlore County.

Thirty-9-year-old Debra Childress died at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith, Ark., from injuries she sustained in the accident about 12:20 p.m. Wednesday.

Troopers say Childress' motorcycle was headed east on the highway when it left the road, overturned and struck a tree.

The patrol says Childress wasn't wearing a helmet.

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