De Queen driver dies in car wreck

BROKEN BOW, Okla. -- An Arkansas man has been killed in a fiery head-on collision in southeastern Oklahoma.

Juan Bolanos-Lopez, 22, of De Queen died in the crash Monday near Broken Bow, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Bolanos-Lopez was driving east when his vehicle crossed the centerline of U.S. 70 and collided head-on with a westbound tractor-trailer rig, according to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Both vehicles caught fire and burned, authorities said

The driver of the semi-truck is hospitalized in stable condition, according to the report. Oklahoma Highway Patrol said that at the time of the crash, it was raining and the roadway was wet.

Metro on 11/09/2016

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