WALTERS — A fatal Monday morning wreck that killed a Texas motorcyclist is under investigation by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Bobbie J. Bessette, 46, of Burkburnett, Texas, died at the scene of the wreck that happened around 7:20 a.m. on Interstate 44, 1 mile south of Walters in Cotton County. Although she was wearing a helmet, she died from internal and external head and trunk injuries, Trooper Ryan Hayes reported.
The wreck happened in the northeast-bound lane of the interstate.
The driver of a Ram 1500, Johnathan L. Wyatt, 36, of Edmond, and his 9-year-old passenger were uninjured, as was Bobby J. Montgomer, 38, of Denison, Texas, the driver of a Chevrolet Silverado and his 31-year-old passenger, according to the report.
The wreck shut down the northeast-bound lanes of the roadway for three-and-a-half hours, Hayes reported.
The conditions of the drivers and the cause of the wreck remain under investigation.