LINCOLN COUNTY, Okla. – A 16-year-old Tulsa teenager was killed and seven others were injured in a crash Monday afternoon, November 9, on the Turner Turnpike in Lincoln County.
According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at approximately 12:47 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-44 near mile marker 170.
Troopers report that a vehicle driven by 61-year-old Julie Skrzypczak of Tulsa was traveling eastbound when it struck the left rear corner of a commercial motor vehicle entering the turnpike from a rest stop.
Following the collision, Skrzypczak’s vehicle spun clockwise and rolled an unknown number of times before coming to rest on its left side, facing west. The commercial vehicle came to a controlled stop on the outside shoulder.
Skrzypczak was injured, along with six of the seven passengers in her vehicle. A 16-year-old passenger from Tulsa died as a result of the crash. The juvenile’s name has not been released.
The commercial vehicle was driven by 49-year-old William O. Redick of Barstow, California. He was not injured.
OHP reports that all occupants were wearing seat belts.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation.
