Las Vegas man killed while walking on Oklahoma road

BY Associated Press
Wednesday, November 28, 2012



HUGO, Okla. — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a Las Vegas man is dead after he was struck by a pickup truck while walking down a southeast Oklahoma highway.

Authorities say the fatal collision happened shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. 70 near Hugo in Choctaw County. A preliminary report says 38-year-old John Devin Montoya was walking down the middle of the highway's right eastbound lane when he was struck by a pickup driven by a 55-year-old Hugo woman.

Authorities say Montoya was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck's driver was not injured.

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