ATOKA COUNTY, OK - A head-on collision in Atoka County early Friday morning left two men dead.
According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 38-year-old Allen Banks of Atoka was westbound on State Highway 7 two miles west of Atoka around 4:30 a.m. Friday when a car driven by 29-year-old Eric Reid of Krebs crossed left of center and struck his vehicle head-on.
Banks dies at the scene. Reid died a short time later at an Atoka hospital.
Troopers say both men were wearing seat belts. There were no passengers.
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