Hit-and-run driver causes 2 crashes, 1 of them killing Stacie Dry, 22, near 61st and Yale in Tulsa, Oklahoma
3 taken to hospital, 1 dead following back-to-back crashes near 61st and Yale
Tulsa police officers spent the night processing two crash scenes near 61st and Yale. According to police, a man hit a couple on a motorcycle and then took off. Later the suspect allegedly ran a red light then crashed into another car.
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From there, police said the driver of the Fusion ran off, continuing east and running a red light near the entrance of St. Francis Hospital. That's when the driver caused a second wreck, hitting Dry's Mitsubishi Galant in the driver's side.
The Galant was turning left onto 61st from the hospital when the Fusion T-boned it.
The driver of the Ford Fusion has been identified as 27-year-old Christopher Mitchell.
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Christopher Mitchell, 27, was charged with second-degree murder, DUI and leaving the scene of an injury crash on Friday.
Why every fatality from a crash is not legally a wrongful death
After someone dies in a motor-vehicle accident, grieving family members and friends are often left with many questions. What caused the accident? Could it have been avoided? What do they do now that their loved one is gone?
Sometimes a fatal collision happens through no one's fault. Crashes caused by weather and road conditions, or by wildlife in the roadway, are examples. But when a fatal crash is caused by negligence, then family members should pursue a wrongful death claim, to uphold the victim's rights and begin the financial recovery process. Learn more about wrongful death claims here.
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