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Posted: Jul 14, 2025 12:55 PMUpdated: Jul 14, 2025 2:30 PM
Nowata Man Dies After June 4 Wreck
Nathan Thompson
A Nowata man who was involved in a June 4 wreck has died from his injuries.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 75-year-old Michael Ray Melton, Sr., died July 2 at a Tulsa hospital.
Troopers say Melton was a passenger in a 2015 Infinity QX60 when the vehicle was struck by a 2013 Ford F-150 driven by 40-year-old Derick Schondel of Talala. The collision occurred just after 7:40 a.m. June 4 on North 413 Road near Nowata.
Melton was transported by Nowata EMS to a Tulsa hospital in critical condition with chest injuries. Medical personnel at the hospital continued treating Melton for nearly a month before he succumed to injuries sustained in the wreck.
OHP is still investigating the crash.
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