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A Tulsa man died Saturday night in an Osage County accident.  The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports 40 year-old Eric Poore was driving westbound on 31st Street North at a high rate of speed being pursued by law enforcement.  Poore's SUV failed to negotiate a curve at 53rd West Avenue wand went off the roadway to the right.  It hit an embankment and then the base of a tree.  Poore was pinned in the vehicle for about 5 minutes but law enforcement was able to get himi out.   Poore was taken to St. John Medical Center in critical condition with head and internal injuries.  He died a short time later.