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A Heavener, Okla., man is dead after a motorcycle accident in LeFlore County Wednesday evening (June 12).

The accident occurred just after 5 p.m. six miles south of Hodgen on US 59, according to a fatality report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Rickey Ford, 56, of Heavener, died after the 2007 Yamaha motorcycle he was riding was hit by a Chevy pickup driven by 21-yearold Colton Gregerson of Geary, Okla.

A patient onboard a medical helicopter died when it crashed shortly after takeoff from the Choctaw Nation Health Center in Talihina Tuesday (June 11).

Authorities have identified the patient as Michael David Wilson, 49, of Bethel, Okla. The man’s body has been sent to the Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s office, John Hobbs, Executive Director of Public Safety for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, said Wednesday evening.