On October 27, 2024, at approximately 4:37 am Cowley County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a single vehicle rollover accident with an individual lying in the north ditch. The individual was transported by Winfield Fire/EMS and pronounced deceased at William Newton Memorial Hospital. There were no other occupants in the vehicle. The vehicle had been traveling east on US 160 Highway when it did not navigate the curve and entered the north ditch near 61 st Rd. The driver was identified as Douglass Dee Caldwell, age 42 of Ponca City, Oklahoma, driving a 2025 Toyota Tundra.