Man, 27, dead in car surfing accident in Oklahoma

  • Bryan Mitchel McGuirk, 27, was riding on the roof of a 1999 Jeep Cherokee when he was ejected 20 feet and fatally injured in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday 
  • 13 passengers ranging from ages two to 27 were in the vehicle but 11 were said to be in fair or good condition
  • An eight-year-old was said to be in poor condition
  • The two-year-old had no injuries 
  • It is said that the driver and one other passenger had seat belts on 

Bryan Mitchel McGuirk, 27, was riding on the roof of a 1999 Jeep Cherokee when he was ejected 20 feet and fatally injured in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday

A man has died after a Jeep carrying him and 12 other people swerved off a road in Oklahoma and crashed.

Bryan Mitchel McGuirk, 27, died Saturday evening in Tulsa from injuries sustained from the accident on Friday when he was ejected from the 1999 Jeep Cherokee. 

The Miami, Oklahoma, native was riding on the roof of the vehicle when he was ejected 20 feet. 

Police add that there were passengers ranging from ages two to 27-years-old as the Jeep drove along a gravel road at high speeds. 

Mitchel was taken to Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri and then to St. Francis in Tulsa but died the following day. 

Also on the roof were 27-year-old Adrian Diane Ellison and 20-year-old Brandon Carter, both from Columbus, Kansas. 

Ellison was ejected 100 feet and is hospitalized in fair condition. Carter was treated and released.

The trooper's report says that there were 9 others in the vehicle.  McGuirk (right) was the only one who died

The trooper’s report says that there were 9 others in the vehicle. McGuirk (right) was the only one who died

The vehicle (stock) swerved off a gravel road into a ditch, grazed a tree and struck another tree before landing on its top

The vehicle (stock) swerved off a gravel road into a ditch, grazed a tree and struck another tree before landing on its top

The trooper’s report says that there were 9 others in the vehicle. The vehicle swerved off a gravel road into a ditch, grazed a tree and struck another tree before landing on its top.

The driver along with all the other passengers except one were admitted with good or fair condition. 

An eight-year-old was admitted in poor condition and a two-year-old had no injuries. 

It is said that the driver and one other passenger had seat belts on. 

 

 

 

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