Oklahoma drivers involved in several crashes after ice hits state

HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. OKAY, JONATHAN, THANK YOU. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, CREWS HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO SO MANY CRASHES ALL ACROSS THE METRO THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF THE ICE. WE DO KNOW THAT ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH IN PAYNE COUNTY ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 33. HERE’S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER CRASHES THAT WE SAW IN OUR AREA JUST OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS. WE SHOWED YOU THESE IMAGES LIVE ON AIR DURING OUR COVERAGE EARLIER THIS MORNING. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE TRAFFIC CAMERA WAS OVER THE SCENE OF A MULTI-CAR CRASH AT TWO 4944 WHERE THAT OVERPASS THERE. THEN WE HAD ANOTHER ROLLOVER CRASH NEAR SOUTHWEST 89TH IN PORTLAND. WE HAD ONE OFF 835 IN GUTHRIE WHERE A CAR CRASHED INTO A MEDIAN IN THAT AREA. AND THEN WE WERE ALSO THERE ON THE SCENE OF A CAR THAT HAD SLID OFF THE ROAD AT SOUTHWEST 10TH AND MCKINLEY IN OKC. SO JUST A LOT OF ACCIDENT THAT WE SAW THIS MORNING AS THOSE ICY ROAD CONDITIONS CONTINUED. AND PEOPLE WERE GETTING OUT TO START THEIR DAY. AND THIS IS A SAD ONE HERE. OVERNIGHT, ONE PERSON DID DIE AFTER A MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH ON I-40 IN CUSTER COUNTY. THIS SCENE HERE JUST LASTING FOR HOURS. FIELDS METEOROLOGIST MICHAEL ARMSTRONG WAS ON THAT SCENE OVERNIGHT. AND FIRST WORD STORM COMMANDER. AUTHORITIES TELLING KOCO THE DRIVER OF ONE OF THE SEMIS DIED AND A PASSENGER IN THAT SAME SEMI WAS HURT. NEITHER OF THEM HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME. WE KNOW THE CRASH INVOLVED SIX DIFFERENT SEMI-TRUCKS. MULTIPLE SLIDE OFF COLLISIONS BETWEEN THE 71 MILE MARKER AND WEATHERFORD. AND BECAUSE OF THE SLOW DOWN AND THE TRAFFIC BACKUP THAT WE HAD, I A SEMI STRIKE SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES ENDED UP MEANING ABOUT A SIX VEHICLE CRASH. SO THAT ROAD THIS AREA WAS CLOSED FOR HOURS BASICALLY ALL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING. BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN WORD THAT IT HAS SINCE REOPENED. AND THEN ANOTHER SEMI-PRO ALL OVER HAPPENED ON I-40 JUST WEST OF WEATHERFORD, CAPTURING THIS VIDEO JUST AFTER 3 A.M. METEOROLOGIST MICHAEL ARMSTRONG SAW THIS AS HE WAS HEADING TO THAT OTHER DEADLY CRASH IN CUSTER COUNTY. IT WAS REALLY ALL PART OF THAT SAME CHAIN REACTION. THOSE STRETCH. IN THIS PARTICULAR ACCIDENT YOU’RE SEEING HERE, WE DON’T KNOW OF ANY INJURIES. AND CONTINUING HERE ON I-40 LAST NIGHT, THIS ACCIDENT WAS NEAR HOUSTON ROAD. WE KNOW AT LEAST TWO SEMIS LOST CONTROL AND JACKKNIFED ON THAT ICY ROAD. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE VIDEO THERE FROM KOCO STORM COMMAND, WHICH WAS JUST ONE OF OUR MANY CREWS THAT WAS OUT BRINGING YOU THIS TEAM COVERAGE. WE NOW NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED HERE. AND THEN A TROUBLE SPOT HERE IN THE METRO THIS MORNING WAS NEAR AIRPORT ROAD. WE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ACCIDENTS THERE. THIS PARTICULAR ONE YOU’RE SEEING RIGHT HERE WAS WHERE OUR CREWS WERE ON THE SCENE OF THIS JACKKNIFE SEMI. THIS WAS WESTBOUND AIRPORT ROAD. IT WAS COMPLETELY BLOCKED DUE TO A CRASH. WE DON’T KNOW YET ON ANY, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY VEHICLES TOTAL WERE INVOLVED IN THIS ONE. BUT WE CAN TELL YOU AT THE END OF THE DAY, THANKFULLY, IN THIS PARTICULAR CRASH, NO ONE WAS HURT. AND WITH SO MANY CRASHES ON THE ROADS OVERNIGHT INTO THE MORNING, WE DID WANT TO CHECK IN WITH OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER ERIC FOSTER. ONCE AGAIN, TROOPER FOSTER, WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. SO WE JUST TALKED TO YOU. WHAT WAS IT, MAYBE 2 HOURS AGO? TELL US KIND OF THE PROGRESS THAT YOU’VE SEEN OR LACK THEREOF, DEPENDING ON WHICH IT IS IN THOSE PAST 2 HOURS. KNOW THE ROADWAYS ARE SEEM TO BE OKAY. THEY SEEM TO BE PASSABLE AS LONG AS PEOPLE STAY SLOW AND THEN JUST PAY ATTENTION, NOT BE DISTRACTED. OBVIOUSLY, THE ELEVATOR SURFACES, THINGS LIKE THAT BRIDGES OUR MAIN ISSUES ON AND OFF RAMPS THAT DON’T GET AS MUCH TRAVEL AS, YOU KNOW, THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM AND THEN THE STATE HIGHWAYS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE METRO AREA. WE’RE SEEING A LOT OF SINGLE VEHICLE JUST OFF OF THE ROADWAY. TYPICAL VISIONS. OKAY. SO WHAT WHAT RIGHT NOW IS CURRENTLY YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE AND WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT PRIORITY? WELL, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS OBVIOUSLY RESPONDING TO THESE CALLS AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE. THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WE’RE KEEPING UP. NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. AND THEN REALLY, THE PRIORITIES ARE THE HOTSPOT AREAS. SO OUR INTERCHANGES WHERE WE SEE PROBLEMS EVERY TIME THIS TYPE OF SITUATION COMES UP, THEY ELEVATE THE SERVICES LIKE THE BELLE ISLE BRIDGE, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE’RE IN AND AROUND THOSE AREAS IN CASE THINGS HAPPEN THERE. AND THEN REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT JUST TAKES ONE CRASH. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES IT’S JUST KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE SAW OUT WEST. ONE CRASH AND THEN THERE’S SECONDARY CRASHES BEHIND IT. SO REALLY LOOK WAY AHEAD AS YOU’RE DRIVING, SLOW DOWN. AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN FRONT OF THAT, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO STOP IN TIME. ANDREW, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES FOR US HERE IN THIS 9:00 HOUR AND SOME OF THOSE DEADLY ACCIDENTS THAT WE SAW, LIKE THE ONE IN PAYNE COUNTY ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 33 AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, THAT SEMI CRASH ALONG I-40, YOU KNOW, I-40 ONE IS ALL THE INFORMATION, I THINK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IT IT STARTED AS ONE SINGLE. MY THAT ROLLED OVER, ACTUALLY. AND THEN SECONDARY CRASHES BEHIND IT THAT HAD THE ROADWAY CLOSED FOR ALMOST 6 HOURS. THERE. AND THEN THE PAYNE COUNTY FATALITY, THAT WAS A SINGLE VEHICLE THAT ROLLED OFF OF THE ROADWAY AGAIN. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS FATALITIES. NO OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THAT. AND IT WAS A SINGLE PERSON. AND SO WE HATE TO REPORT THOSE THINGS AND HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THAT SLOWS DOWN. AS F

Vehicles involved in several crashes all through Oklahoma after third spherical of ice hit

Two of the crashes have been lethal

Updated: 10:44 AM CST Feb 2, 2023

Several automobiles have been involved in crashes all through Thursday morning all through Oklahoma, together with two crashes that have been lethal.| MORE | Third spherical of ice brings extra slick, harmful highway circumstances to OklahomaAuthorities say a semitrailer driver died, and a passenger was injured after several automobiles have been involved in a crash round 1:20 a.m. on Interstate 40 in Custer County. A second lethal crash was reported on State Highway 33 in Payne County.| MORE | Person dies in weather-related crash on freeway in Payne County, OHP says Semitrailers jackknifed in separate incidents close to I-40 and South Heaston Road and close to Airport Road and MacArthur Boulevard in Oklahoma City. | MORE | One useless after multi-vehicle crash involving semitrailers in Custer CountyKOCO 5 crews additionally have been at scenes the place a car rolled close to Southwest 89th Street and Portland Avenue and the place a car crashed right into a ditch close to tenth Street and McKinley Avenue. Top Headlines Third spherical of ice brings extra slick, harmful highway circumstances to Oklahoma One useless after multi-vehicle crash involving semitrailers in Custer County Person dies in weather-related crash on freeway in Payne County, OHP says Oklahoma father or mother has scary warning after practically dropping 6-year-old son to strep throat Small Oklahoma city holds wealthy historical past as one in all state’s unique ‘All Black’ cities

Several automobiles have been involved in crashes all through Thursday morning all through Oklahoma, together with two crashes that have been lethal.

| MORE | Third round of ice brings more slick, dangerous road conditions to Oklahoma

Authorities say a semitrailer driver died, and a passenger was injured after several automobiles have been involved in a crash round 1:20 a.m. on Interstate 40 in Custer County. A second lethal crash was reported on State Highway 33 in Payne County.

| MORE | Person dies in weather-related crash on highway in Payne County, OHP says

Semitrailers jackknifed in separate incidents close to I-40 and South Heaston Road and close to Airport Road and MacArthur Boulevard in Oklahoma City.

| MORE | One dead after multi-vehicle crash involving semitrailers in Custer County

KOCO 5 crews additionally have been at scenes the place a car rolled close to Southwest 89th Street and Portland Avenue and the place a car crashed right into a ditch close to tenth Street and McKinley Avenue.

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