Denton native Nicholas K. Nair, 20, died Friday after his vehicle hydroplaned, lost control and collided with another vehicle. Nair was a meteorology student at the University of Oklahoma.
A Denton native and meteorology student at the University of Oklahoma is one of three deaths in a fatal car collision on Interstate 35 in Oklahoma on Friday, officials confirmed.
Nicholas K. Nair of Denton, 20, and two passengers, Gavin Short, 19, and Drake Brooks, 22, were traveling southbound on Interstate 35 when the vehicle hydroplaned, losing control and departing to the off roads. The vehicle then stopped and was disabled on the left of the roadway when another vehicle struck it.
According to police reports, all three passengers were pinned in the vehicle for over five hours and were eventually extricated by the local Tonkawa Fire Department. Nair, Short and Brooks were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the second vehicle was transported to a local hospital, treated and later released.Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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