An injury accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon at approximately 1:20pm on US Highway 83, 6 ½ miles south of Turpin, Oklahoma in Beaver County.

A 2001 Kenworth driven by Gabriel Don Galvan, 44, of Guymon, was traveling south on Highway 83 when a driver side front tire blew out causing the semi to depart the roadway to the left rolling one time.

Galvan was transported by Seward County EMS to Southwest Medical in Liberal in critical condition, then later transferred to Wesley Medical in Wichita, Kansas. He was admitted for trunk internal, head
and arm injuries.

Seatbelts were in use at the time of the accident.