An automobile accident has claimed the life of a Bennington man, the sixth area resident to die in crashes during the past three days.

Terry Lynn Curtis, 50, Bennington, was killed Wednesday after his pickup had a blow out and overturned, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Curtis was traveling eastbound at 9:22 a.m. on Highway 70 in Blue when the right, rear tire of his Nissan pickup blew out. The pickup then hit a concrete embankment and rolled one-quarter time, coming to rest on the driver’s side, according to the patrol. An examiner with the State Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that Curtis was dead at the scene from multiple injuries.

Curtis was not wearing a seat belt, according to Trooper BJ Keeling’s report, and an unsafe tire was cited as the cause of the accident.

It was raining at the time of the crash.

Since early Monday afternoon, six county residents have been killed in automobile accidents.

Three Durant residents were killed in a collision Monday near Kingston. According to the patrol, Erin E. Hudson, 31, failed to yield at a stop sign and her car was hit by a tractor-trailer rig.

Hudson and two passengers, Paul J. Hudson, 2, and Jason Eugene Madding, 33, died at the scene.

Tuesday morning, a single-vehicle crash claimed the lives of a father and son from Durant. Troopers said Jackey J. Ross Jr., 50, was driving on Highway 70E southeast of Durant when he lost control of his vehicle and hit a tree. Ross and his son, Jackey J. Ross III, 25, were killed in the accident.

Later that afternoon, Geonna Thompson, 27, Bokchito, was seriously injured after crashing her car on Highway 70E, in the same area as the fatal crash. Thompson was taken to Texoma Medical Center, Denison, Texas, to be treated for leg and internal injuries.