Officials said a 17-year-old Turpin girl died in a one-vehicle rollover Tuesday afternoon in Beaver County.
About 3:15 p.m., Cody Hensley, 18, of Turpin was traveling east on CR EW - five miles south of Turpin - in a 2004 Jeep Liberty, Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. The girl was the only passenger in the Jeep.
Hensley swerved to miss a deer, causing the vehicle to roll twice and landing on it’s top. The girl was ejected from the Jeep, OHP said. Hensley and the girl were transported to Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas.
The girl was pronounced dead at the hospital by an attending physician, OHP said. Hensley was treated for arm and head injuries and released.
The girl was not wearing a seatbelt and the cause of the collision is under investigation.