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Two killed after truck pursued by troopers crashes into uninvolved vehicle, Highway Patrol says
Two killed after truck pursued by troopers crashes into uninvolved vehicle, Oklahoma Highway Patrol says
Kelsy Schlotthauer Feb 25, 2021 Updated 1 hr ago
Two people were killed in an east Tulsa collision on Thursday after a man fleeing authorities in a reported stolen truck barreled into an uninvolved SUV.
The victims’ genders and ages have not been released, and neither has that of a third person taken to a hospital with unknown injuries, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Eric Foster said. The suspect, an unidentified young man or juvenile, was also taken to a hospital as a precaution. He has not been identified.
Troopers began pursuing the truck after a witness flagged them down at a car wash and said the vehicle had just been stolen. Foster did not know the location of the car wash, but he said the truck’s driver refused to stop and troopers pursued the vehicle for about 15 minutes around Tulsa.
Foster said troopers attempted to deploy stop sticks several times to disable the truck, but the driver evaded them. ... He was reportedly driving east on 21st Street between U.S. 169 and Garnett Road when he T-boned an SUV that was turning left from a stop sign on 109th East Avenue.
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kelsy.schlotthauer@tulsaworld.com
Kelsy Schlotthauer Feb 25, 2021 Updated 1 hr ago
Two people were killed in an east Tulsa collision on Thursday after a man fleeing authorities in a reported stolen truck barreled into an uninvolved SUV.
The victims’ genders and ages have not been released, and neither has that of a third person taken to a hospital with unknown injuries, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Eric Foster said. The suspect, an unidentified young man or juvenile, was also taken to a hospital as a precaution. He has not been identified.
Troopers began pursuing the truck after a witness flagged them down at a car wash and said the vehicle had just been stolen. Foster did not know the location of the car wash, but he said the truck’s driver refused to stop and troopers pursued the vehicle for about 15 minutes around Tulsa.
Foster said troopers attempted to deploy stop sticks several times to disable the truck, but the driver evaded them. ... He was reportedly driving east on 21st Street between U.S. 169 and Garnett Road when he T-boned an SUV that was turning left from a stop sign on 109th East Avenue.
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kelsy.schlotthauer@tulsaworld.com