Nearly 2 dozen car pile-up leaves person dead, several cars damaged in OKC
Early Sunday morning, 22 cars were involved in a pile-up along Interstate 40 near Reno Avenue.
A nearly two-dozen car pile-up left one person dead and several cars damaged in Oklahoma City.Early Sunday morning, 22 cars were involved in a pile-up along Interstate 40 near Reno Avenue. Darryl Warren, a truck driver, said as the rain started coming down on Saturday evening, he was worried about his commute home.He urged drivers to be mindful while on the highway.| MORE | 1 dead after crash involving 20 vehicles on I-40 in Oklahoma City “It was just the craziest thing I’ve ever seen. I usually don’t get nervous driving. I drive a lot all day, every day, but that was nuts. It was crazy,” Warren said.Early Sunday morning, nearly two dozen cars were involved in the wreck on westbound I-40.”Involving approximately 22 vehicles. Of those 22 vehicles, seven of them were semitrucks pulling tractor or trailer,” Preston Cox, the public information officer with OHP, said.One of the truck drivers crashed into a barrier along I-40, falling nearly 80 feet into a river.”First thing I thought was thank goodness we weren’t involved in an accident like that because it very well could’ve been us,” Warren said.The truck driver ultimately died.”As far as injuries past the fatality collision, I’m unaware,” Cox said.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Warren, who was on the highway just hours before the crash, said he had a hard time driving well before the wreck happened.”You could not see the markers on the road to mark the lanes at all. And people were driving 100 miles an hour in bad weather, and we were pulling a horse trailer on the way back from the Lazy E, and I had to slow down at one time to 40 miles an hour just to be able to stay on the road and make out the lines on the roadway,” Warren said.The Oklahoma Highway Patrol told KOCO 5 they aren’t sure what caused the wreck but weather is a possibility.>> Download the KOCO 5 App”It’s sad that it happened. It’s sad there was loss of life, but again, I’m amazed there wasn’t more accidents Saturday night and Sunday morning, due to the weather,” Warren said.Now, Warren is urging drivers to be mindful, no matter the weather.”Be mindful of where you’re at, be mindful of your surroundings, and how people drive,” Warren said.OHP hasn’t released the name of the semitruck driver who died. They are waiting until the family has been notified.They said they weren’t sure of any other injuries at this time because of how many cars were involved.Top Headlines’Don’t mess with Joe’: Country music star Carrie Underwood has fun exchange with OHP trooper after visiting home state1 dead after crash involving 20 vehicles on I-40 in Oklahoma CityThe best Cyber Monday 2023 deals you should know about at Amazon, Walmart and moreOklahoma death row inmate Phillip Hancock scheduled for execution this week awaits Gov. Stitt’s decisionOU offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby named head coach at Mississippi State
A nearly two-dozen car pile-up left one person dead and several cars damaged in Oklahoma City.
Early Sunday morning, 22 cars were involved in a pile-up along Interstate 40 near Reno Avenue. Darryl Warren, a truck driver, said as the rain started coming down on Saturday evening, he was worried about his commute home.
He urged drivers to be mindful while on the highway.
| MORE | 1 dead after crash involving 20 vehicles on I-40 in Oklahoma City
“It was just the craziest thing I’ve ever seen. I usually don’t get nervous driving. I drive a lot all day, every day, but that was nuts. It was crazy,” Warren said.
Early Sunday morning, nearly two dozen cars were involved in the wreck on westbound I-40.
“Involving approximately 22 vehicles. Of those 22 vehicles, seven of them were semitrucks pulling tractor or trailer,” Preston Cox, the public information officer with OHP, said.
One of the truck drivers crashed into a barrier along I-40, falling nearly 80 feet into a river.
“First thing I thought was thank goodness we weren’t involved in an accident like that because it very well could’ve been us,” Warren said.
The truck driver ultimately died.
“As far as injuries past the fatality collision, I’m unaware,” Cox said.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
Warren, who was on the highway just hours before the crash, said he had a hard time driving well before the wreck happened.
“You could not see the markers on the road to mark the lanes at all. And people were driving 100 miles an hour in bad weather, and we were pulling a horse trailer on the way back from the Lazy E, and I had to slow down at one time to 40 miles an hour just to be able to stay on the road and make out the lines on the roadway,” Warren said.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol told KOCO 5 they aren’t sure what caused the wreck but weather is a possibility.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App
“It’s sad that it happened. It’s sad there was loss of life, but again, I’m amazed there wasn’t more accidents Saturday night and Sunday morning, due to the weather,” Warren said.
Now, Warren is urging drivers to be mindful, no matter the weather.
“Be mindful of where you’re at, be mindful of your surroundings, and how people drive,” Warren said.
OHP hasn’t released the name of the semitruck driver who died. They are waiting until the family has been notified.
They said they weren’t sure of any other injuries at this time because of how many cars were involved.
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