Tahlequah Daily Press

June 24, 2008

Residents injured in ATV crash


TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS — COOKSON – A Stilwell man and a Cookson woman were injured Sunday night in an all-terrain vehicle crash.

According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Daniel James Diver, 31, of Stilwell, was driving a 2003 Kawasaki 650 four-wheeler on a private road at Standing Rock campground at about 11:52 p.m. Sunday. The ATV failed to negotiate a curve, left the road and struck a tree.

Diver was transported by Eagle Med life flight to a Fort Smith, Ark., hospital, with head, leg, arm and internal injuries. He was in stable condition. A passenger, Cassandra Gerock, 31, of Cookson, refused treatment for head, arm and leg injuries.

Helmets were not in use by the driver or passenger.