Two area men were killed in crashes in northeastern Oklahoma on Friday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.

Troopers said Gary Dittman, 67, of Broken Arrow, was fatally injured in a two-vehicle crash involving a truck on the Will Rogers Turnpike near Claremore about 3:10 p.m. They did not report details of the crash but indicated that Dittman was not wearing a seat belt.

The truck driver reportedly was not injured.

In the other crash Friday, Scott N. House, 60, of Delaware, Oklahoma, was killed when he failed to yield from a stop sign on Oklahoma 10 in Nowata County and hit a vehicle that was southbound on U.S. 169 about 5:45 p.m., the OHP reported.

Troopers said he was not wearing a seat belt.

The other driver and her passenger were injured, the OHP reported, but no details were pr

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