OKLAHOMA CITY, OK : At least 4 dead in crashes on icy Oklahoma roads on Thursday, 3rd January 2019

The Latest on a winter storm that has dumped ice and snow on the southern Plains (all times local):

Authorities say at least four people have died and a police officer has been injured in collisions on treacherous roads as a winter storm moves through Oklahoma and Texas.The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a 63-year-old woman died Wednesday evening when her pickup veered out of control on a sleet-slickened road and was struck by a tractor-trailer rig in Pittsburg County.

The patrol says three more people died in two crashes Thursday. A 76-year-old man died after his vehicle slid out of control and struck a tree in Grady County. A Texas man was killed in a collision on Interstate 35 in southern Oklahoma. And a Texas woman died later at a hospital of injuries she suffered in the crash.

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