Gwinnett man, 82, killed in Oklahoma crash
An 82-year-old Gwinnett County man died Saturday after a single-vehicle crash in Oklahoma, according to media reports.
Carl McElhaney, 82, of Dacula, was driving east on the Will Rogers Turnpike when his car left the road, hit an embankment and landed on its top in a pond, state troopers told The Oklahoman. McElhaney's 2012 Chevrolet Malibu was airborne for 81 feet before landing upside down, WKTUL Channel 8 reported on its website.
Four Good Samaritans pulled McElhaney from his car around 10 a.m. and he was transported to a Tulsa hospital, about an hour southwest of the crash site, according to the report. McElhaney died around 4:45 p.m. Saturday, the Oklahoma State Patrol told the newspaper.
It was not known if McElhaney was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. The cause of the crash remained under investigation.
