A 48-year-old man from Hamburg, Iowa, died after a crash near Sapulpa in Creek County Friday night, and the driver of the vehicle he was riding in was injured. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol identified the man as Daniel Gubser.
According to KTUL, Gubser was a passenger in a vehicle traveling eastbound on I-44 near Sapulpa when the crash happened. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the crash occurred around 9:15 p.m. Friday. Medical personnel pronounced Gubser dead at the scene, while the vehicle's driver was taken away with injuries.
Few Details Released So Far
As of the station's report, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol had not shared further details of the crash, including what led up to it. It remains unclear what caused the vehicle to crash or what, if any, other vehicles were involved.
Creek County has seen a string of other fatal wrecks in recent weeks, though none of them have been tied to the crash that killed Gubser. A 58-year-old Tulsa man, Thomas Hess, died in a rollover crash on the Turner Turnpike in Creek County on Oct. 18, according to NewsOn6. A 28-year-old woman from Depew also died after her car crashed in Creek County on a Sunday night, the outlet reported separately.
Other Recent Fatal Crashes in the Area
Elsewhere in the Tulsa area, a fiery crash near Kellyville on the Turner Turnpike killed 52-year-old Jamie Earp and 22-year-old Tucker Earp, both from Jay, and injured the driver of a semi involved in the wreck, according to News9. In a separate incident in Tulsa, 18-year-old Addison Harvey of Shawnee died as a passenger in a crash that shut down the westbound I-44 ramp to Highway 169, with the driver taken to the hospital, per NewsOn6's reporting.
None of those crashes have been connected to the one that killed Gubser, and the circumstances of his death remain under review by investigators. Hoodline will continue to follow this story as more information becomes available.
