By JERRY PITTMAN

and KAREN BRADY

Staff Writers

The Christmas Eve snowstorm that covered many parts of central Oklahoma with more than 14 inches of snow has claimed two other lives in Grady County, bringing the total to three.

Andrew Grover, 39, of Minco, was found dead inside his vehicle which was buried under six feet of snow. A snow plow driver reportedly discovered Grover’s body while working on Hwy 152 east of Union City on Saturday, Dec. 26.

Hwy 152 between Union City and Mustang was officially closed on Friday because of drifting snow, an accident, and stranded vehicles blocking the road.

The official cause of death has not been released.

In addition, a 74-year-old woman north of Amber has also been listed as a weather-related fatality.

Grady County Sheriff Art Kell said the woman, whose name has not been released, stepped outside to smoke a cigarette and never made it back inside the house. Kell said the woman is thought to have been outside for four to five hours before her body was discovered.

As reported earlier, an Oklahoma City man was killed at about 2 p.m. on Christmas Day in a one-car rollover accident four miles north of Rush Springs on Hwy 81.

Kell said another SUV rolled over in the same spot earlier in the day, but there were no casualties in that accident.

In the fatal accident, Giovannia Mora, 23, was a passenger in an SUV driven by Luis A. Navas, 23, of Lawton.

Troopers said the 2004 Nissan driven by Navas started to slide on the snow-covered highway and rolled over once, ejecting both men from the vehicle. An OHP report noted Mora died from multiple head, body and leg injuries. Navas was airlifted to Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, where he was admitted in critical condition with head and external body injuries.

A second passenger, Shae Romano, 24, of Lawton was not injured. She was wearing a seatbelt, troopers reported.

The highway was closed for about an hour and a half before it was cleared for traffic.

John Crump, director of Grady Memorial Hospital, said the emergency room is not experiencing anything unusual and there have been no serious injuries reported as a result of the storm.

“People wisely stayed off the streets,” Crump said.

But, while many are still digging out from under mountains of drifted snow, the National Weather Service is reporting the possibility of more snow by the middle of the week.

Daytime temperatures this week are expected to be in the lower 30s, possibly rising into the 40s, with overnight lows dropping into the 20s.

There is a chance of light snow on Tuesday as well as a chance of light snow and rain on Wednesday.

New Year’s Day is expected to be clear to partly cloudy, with highs ranging from the mid 20s to the lower 40s.