OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – One individual died and 9 others have been injured Tuesday afternoon in Northeast Oklahoma Metropolis after a six-vehicle wreck that brought about a large scene.
The 9 individuals injured have been taken to space hospitals. Oklahoma Freeway Patrol didn’t have any updates on their standing. The mangled metallic and crumpled wreckage laid on tenth Avenue between Sooner Highway and Vicki Drive. One automotive was even cut up in half and a part of it catapulted 20 ft away within the close by discipline. At one level, the scene was so chaotic that emergency responders thought there have been two individuals lacking as a result of they have been unable to seek out their our bodies.
One girl who was concerned within the wreck stated all of it occurred very quick.
“I’m simply nonetheless shook up about it,” stated Jacquelyn Williams, a driver concerned within the wreck. “I didn’t know what to suppose. I simply was glad to be alive.”
Oklahoma Freeway Patrol took over the scene Tuesday afternoon. Trooper Eric Foster stated one automotive was going eastbound on tenth Avenue at excessive speeds when it misplaced management.
“We’re out right here doing our scientific measurements to attempt to decide all of the dynamics across the crash,” Foster stated.
Every thing after that’s unknown. No less than six different autos have been concerned. The preliminary automotive that misplaced management was cut up in half, with a part of it on the street and the opposite half in a close-by discipline.
“It does take plenty of completely different companies to get one thing like this dealt with,” Foster stated.
The wreck despatched 9 individuals to the hospital. The one who died is believed to be the one who drove the preliminary automotive that misplaced management.
“I heard plenty of tires, like individuals attempting to cease,” Williams stated. “It was similar to a domino impact. All of the automobiles simply began hitting one another.”
Williams obtained a daunting first-hand expertise of the wreck.
“That’s after I seen the automotive going over my automotive and the opposite automobiles hit into my automotive,” she stated. “The automotive simply broke up; it simply broke up in half.”
Simply shortly after, Williams was standing subsequent to her daughter retelling the terrifying expertise that nearly took her life.
“I simply thank God we’re OK,” Williams stated. “I simply hope to all of the households, that everyone is OK.”
Freeway patrol continues to be investigating what transpired within the wreck that made the scene so broad and what made the preliminary driver lose management. Preliminary info that got here out said officers on scene have been searching for two individuals who might have been ejected from autos. It seems that everybody is accounted for and nobody is lacking in accordance with freeway patrol.
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