An intense pressure release of an oilfield pipeline in Canadian County Tuesday morning injured three workers and left two of them in critical condition.
As KOCO TV News reported, the two critically injured workers were flown to Oklahoma City hospitals for treatment while the third worker was taken by ambulance to a hospital. The third worker was listed in stable condition, as told by the Canadian County Emergency Director.
The pressure release was not an explosion but the force of it sent the pipe flying where it crashed into a truck and injured the trio of employees.
The incident happened north of the small town of Cogar and southeast of Hinton near Highway 37 and South Maple Road.
News 9 TV news reported El Reno Fire Chief Jason Duff said three ambulances and two medevac helicopters were dispatched to the area.