Lowery Douglas Durington, Investigator

Healdton Police Department

Shortly before 8 P.M. on Monday, May 27, 1985, officer Durington, became involved in a high-speed pursuit with a motorcycle on Main Street. The chase proceeded south on Highway 76 and a county road to just outside the city limits of Healdton where Durington’s 1978 Chrysler police unit collided broadside with a west bound 1978 Ford pickup truck. Officer Durington, 38, and 11 year-old Alan Addington were dead on arrival at the Healdton Hospital. Addington’s parents were airlifted to Oklahoma City hospitals in critical condition. Officer Durington left behind his wife, Georgia, two sons and two daughters.