Oklahoma City, OK
A father who was dropping off his child at a school in Nichols Hills accidentally struck and killed him Tuesday morning, according to Oklahoma City police.
In Oklahoma County, statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that traffic crashes remain a primary public safety issue. Car, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, and motorcycle accidents are all a common occurrence, despite improvements in vehicle safety features, road design, bicycle and pedestrian corridors, and traffic signs.
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A father who was dropping off his child at a school in Nichols Hills accidentally struck and killed him Tuesday morning, according to Oklahoma City police.
An off-duty Oklahoma City firefighter died Sunday in an Oklahoma City traffic accident, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
Shortly before 7 a.m., Joshua D. Kidd, 31, of Moore, was driving a pickup eastbound on Interstate 240 west of S Pennsylvania Avenue, troopers said.
A woman died Thursday afternoon in a southwest Oklahoma City traffic accident, Oklahoma City police reported.
Police were called to a single-vehicle accident about 12:15 p.m. near SW 119 and Interstate 44, a police Sgt. said.
Oklahoma City police are looking for a driver they say was involved in a hit-and-run accident with a MetroTransit bus. Officers say the crash occurred near North Classen Boulevard and Northwest 10th Street. Authorities say they are looking for a white truck that fled the scene.
Oklahoma City police are looking for anyone who witnessed traffic fatality Friday to call police to be interviewed. Vickie Ayres, 66, was driving about 6:40 p.m.
A school bus was involved in an accident with a truck Thursday morning, according to Oklahoma City firefighters. The collision occurred near North Morgan and West Hefner roads, authorities say.
Traffic was backed up Wednesday evening on the Broadway Extension because of an injury accident, Oklahoma City police said.
A three-car injury accident near Hefner Road on the northbound Broadway Extension caused traffic to back up more than a mile during rush hour, police said.
Oklahoma City police said a crash that killed a father of four young children was caused by a man who was high on drugs. Oklahoma City police said Dustin Hall, 31, caused a crash Monday night near NE 10th and N. Standish.
A man was arrested Monday after another man was killed in a northeast Oklahoma City traffic accident, police reported.
Gregory Loren, 45, died in a head-on wreck about 7:50 a.m. near S Portland Avenue and SW 10, police said.
The wreck happened in dense fog.
A man was killed in a collision in southwest Oklahoma City in dense fog Tuesday, police said.
A tractor-trailer and a car collided about 7:50 a.m. Tuesday in the 1000 block of S Portland Ave., police said.
Two tractor-trailers and a pickup are involved in an injury crash on U.S. 281 at County Road 1240 in Grady County, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports. Emergency workers have responded to the scene to assist with traffic control in the dense fog, the patrol reports.
Midwest City authorities closed westbound lanes of Interstate 40 at Air Depot Friday afternoon after a multi-vehicle crash. The road reopen around 2:15 p.m. when authorities were able to clear the cars.
The crash involves at least six vehicles, including a semi-truck.