51-year-old woman dies after crashing into back of semitrailer in southern Oklahoma, OHP says
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene
Updated: 12:36 PM CDT Apr 11, 2023
HIS BODY RECOVERED FROM THAT HOLE. THIS DEADLY INCIDENT STARTED AS JUST A COLLAPSE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE SAID, HAS ENDED IN THIS DEATH. THE MAN HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. WE WILL BRING YOU MORE DETAILS AS WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS REALLY SAD SITUATION. AND ALSO HERE, A LATE BREAKING UPDATE FOR YOU JUST IN AT NINE NEW DETAILS ABOUT THAT MACHETE ATTACK AT A METRO MOTEL. THE SUSPECT STILL ON THE RUN. KOCO AUDREY GOODSON JOINS US WITH WHAT OFFICERS HAVE TOLD US SO FAR. POLICE TELL US THIS MACHETE ATTACK WAS THE SECOND INCIDENT THAT’S HAPPENED AT THE PLAZA AND SINCE LAST NIGHT. THE FIRST WAS A POSSIBLE FIGHT WITH SHOTS FIRED AND THE SECOND, A MACHETE ATTACK. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WHEN POLICE GOT A CALL THAT A FIGHT HAD BROKEN OUT AT THE MOTEL AND SHOTS WERE FIRED. WHEN OFFICERS GOT THERE, THEY COULDN’T FIND ANY SUSPECTS OR VICTIMS, BUT THEY DID FIND BLOOD AT THE SCENE. THE SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 2:00 THIS MORNING WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, THEY FOUND ONE MAN WHO HAD BEEN ATTACKED WITH THAT MACHETE. THE VICTIM TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES. POLICE DO SAY THE SUSPECT IN THIS IS STILL ON THE RUN. OFFICERS WENT TO A ROOM IN THAT MOTEL LOOKING FOR THE MACHETE. THAT’S WHERE THEY FOUND A MAN ARMED WITH A GUN. BUT THEY SAY HE WAS NOT INVOLVED WITH THE MACHETE ATTACK OR THE SHOTS FIRED CALL. INSTEAD, HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON UNRELATED WARRANTS. THAT SCENE IS CLEAR NOW. OFFICERS SAY THEY DON’T BELIEVE THAT THESE TWO INCIDENTS ARE RELATED. REPORTING FROM OKLAHOMA CITY, AUDREY GOT SOME KOCO 5 FIVE NEWS HAPPENING TODAY IN OKLAHOMA. COMMUNITY HOLDING A VIGIL FOR A MISSING TODDLER. OAKLEY MAY SNOW LAST SEEN IN CROMWELL WITH HER MOTHER, MADISON MARSHALL, IN JANUARY. SHE TOLD POLICE SHE TOOK OAKLEY AND HER BROTHER TO INDIANAPOLIS. POLICE FINDING THE BOY, BUT NOT OAKLEY. A MAN MARSHALL WAS TRAVELING WITH. ALSO TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON ACTIVE OKLAHOMA WARRANTS. MARSHALL TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN NORTH CAROLINA. AND THIS EVENING, A BAKE SALE AND VIGIL AT THE BUTLER JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN CROMWELL THAT STARTS AT 6 P.M. YOU CAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BACK IN SESSION TODAY. THE SCHOOL CANCELED CLASSES YESTERDAY DUE TO AN ALLEGED THREAT MADE TO THE DISTRICT. OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE TAKING A UCONN STUDENT WHO PROMPTED THAT SCARE INTO CUSTODY. AND THE TEEN REPORTEDLY STOLE A GUN FROM HOME BEFORE RUNNING AWAY. NOW, NO DIRECT THREAT WAS EVER MADE AND NO GUN WAS FOUND. THE GUN THEFT STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS ARE ON HEIGHTENED ALERT AS STUDENTS AND STAFF RETURN FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING TODAY. IT’S JUST ABOUT 905. AND NEW THIS MORNING, LOVE’S TRAVEL STOPS WILL INVEST MORE THAN $1,000,000,000 TO UPGRADE SOME LOCATIONS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO ABOUT 200 LOCATIONS WILL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A MODERN LOOK. THEY’VE GOT SOME OPEN KITCHENS COMING, RESTAURANTS, DOG PARKS AND ALL STORES WILL REMAIN OPEN DURING THE REMODELING. HAPPENING TODAY, THE NORMAN CITY COUNCIL SET TO MEET TONIGHT. AND ON THE AGENDA, PLANS TO ADDRESS THE CITY’S WATER FUND. THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL RISE IN MONTHLY WATER RATES FOR RESIDENTS, BUT UTILITY RATE INCREASES THERE WOULD HAVE TO THEN BE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS. THEY’RE CALLING FOR A SPECIAL SECTION ON JUNE 13TH TO DO THIS. THE COUNCIL IS ALSO LOOKING INTO REPAIRS TO THE NORMAN POLICE FIRING RANGE. AFTER THAT WAS DAMAGED IN THAT TORNADO THAT HIT THE AREA IN LATE FEBRUARY. TONIGHT’S MEETING SET TO START AT 630 AND SHIFTING OVER TO OUR COMMITMENT COVERAGE. NOW, A RECOUNT COULD BE COMING FOR THAT VERY CLOSE, CLOSELY WATCH CITY COUNCIL RACE IN NORMAN AFTER A RECOUNT PETITION WAS FILED FOR THE WARD FIVE NORMAN CITY COUNCIL SEAT. THE ORIGINAL COUNT IN THE RUNOFF HAD INCUMBENT RICHARD TORELLO LOSING TO MICHAEL NASH BY JUST 29 VOTES. TORTORELLA TOLD KOCO 5 HE FILED THAT PETITION LAST FRIDAY AND SERVED NASH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. ONE OF THE DEMOCRATS VOTED OUT OF THE TENNESSEE STATE LEGISLATURE AFTER A PROTEST AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE HAS HIS SEAT BACK. THE NASHVILLE METRO COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO REAPPOINT JUSTIN JONES TO THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. JONES SPEAKING ON THE HOUSE FLOOR AFTER BEING VOTED BACK IN. THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT 52 78,000 PEOPLE HAVE A VOICE IN THIS CHAMBER ONCE AGAIN. JONES AND ANOTHER DEMOCRAT WERE BOTH EXPELLED FROM THE HOUSE LAST WEEK AFTER TAKING PART IN A PROTEST AT THE CAPITOL. THIS IN RESPONSE TO THE MASS SHOOTING AT A TENNESSEE SCHOOL, RESULTING IN THREE STUDENTS AND THREE FACULTY MEMBERS BEING KILLED. AND WE’RE GETTING MORE DETAILS OF A MASS SHOOTING AT A BANK IN KENTUCKY THAT KILLED AT LEAST FIVE AND INJURED SEVERAL OTHERS. SO ONE OF THOSE INJURED, A 26 YEAR OLD OFFICER WHO GRADUATED FROM THE POLICE ACADEMY LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO. HE’S STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. IVAN RODRIGUEZ HAS THE LATEST. A COMMUNITY IN MOURNING. WE PRAY GOD, IT WILL SPARK US. FOLLOWING ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING IN AMERICA, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, 25 YEAR OLD CONOR STURGEON WAS LIVESTREAMING ON INSTAGRAM WHEN HE OPENED FIRE ON HIS COLLEAGUES DURING A STAFF MEETING AT OLD NATIONAL BANK MONDAY MORNING, KILLING AT LEAST FIVE AND INJURING SEVERAL OTHERS. POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE WHILE HE WAS STILL FIRING. AT 838, THERE’S A REPORT OF SHOTS FIRED AT OLD NATIONAL BANK. OFFICERS WERE ON SCENE WITHIN 3 MINUTES. THE SUSPECT SHOT AT OFFICERS. WE THEN RETURNED FIRE AND STOPPED THAT THREAT. THE SUSPECT IS DECEASED. A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE INVESTIGATION SAYS STURGEON RECENTLY LEARNED HE WAS BEING FIRED AFTER WORKING AT THE BANK FULL TIME FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. ONE OF THE VICTIMS, 63 YEAR OLD TOMMY ELLIOTT, REMEMBERED BY KENTUCKY LAWMAKERS WHO KNEW HIM. TOMMY TOUCHED A LOT OF LIVES. TOMMY ELLIOTT HELPED ME BUILD MY LAW CAREER AND HELPED ME BECOME GOVERNOR. GAVE ME ADVICE ON BEING A GOOD DAD. MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE CALLING FOR ACTION. SOMEBODY IS FOUND AND DOESN’T HAVE A LOVED ONE. TONIGHT, AFTER YET ANOTHER SHOCK OF GUN VIOLENCE. AND MY WORRY IS THAT EVERYBODY WILL RAISE THEIR FIST IN ANGER AND MOURN AND IN SIX WEEKS, EIGHT WEEKS, WE GO BACK TO DOING THE SAME NOTHING. IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. I’M IVAN RODRIGUEZ. AND WE ALSO, SADLY, HAVE A NEW DISCOVERED READ THIS MORNING IN THE LAS VEGAS, MASS SHOOTING THAT KILLED 58 PEOPLE BACK IN 2017. SO LET’S SHOW THE GUNMAN WAS PLANNING THIS ATTACK AS FAR BACK AS 2014. REPEATEDLY TELLING A FRIEND THAT HE WAS WORKING ON A QUOTE, PROJECT. THE LETTERS WERE SENT FROM 2013 TO 2017 AND AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT FIRED ON A CROWD FROM THE 32ND FLOOR OF THE MANDALAY BAY HOTEL. A MOTIVE IS STILL UNCLEAR, BUT LAST MONTH, THE FBI RELEASED DOCUMENTS SHOWING THAT HE HARBORED RESENTMENT OVER HOW HE AND OTHER HIGH ROLLERS WERE TREATED BY THE CASINOS. AND HAPPENING TODAY HERE IN OKLAHOMA, A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW STUDENTS TO WEAR TRIBAL REGALIA DURING GRADUATION CEREMONIES IS SET TO B
51-year-old woman dies after crashing into back of semitrailer in southern Oklahoma, OHP says
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene
Updated: 12:36 PM CDT Apr 11, 2023
A 51-year-old woman died after authorities say she crashed into the back of a semitrailer early Tuesday morning on a highway in southern Oklahoma.Open the video player above to see some of the headlines KOCO 5 is following.Around 6:30 a.m., a 2003 Ford van and a 1987 Peterbilt semitrailer were traveling south on State Highway 48 near Wapanucka in Johnston County when the semitrailer stopped to make a left turn. An Oklahoma Highway Patrol collision report states that the Ford did not stop and crashed into the back of the semitrailer.>> Download the KOCO 5 AppThe driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol identified her as Shanelle Watts of Coalgate.The man driving the semitrailer was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released.Top Headlines Man dies after trench collapses on him in Holdenville, police say Victim taken to hospital after machete attack at Plaza Inn in Oklahoma City, police say Years-long federal investigation leads to black market marijuana bust in Oklahoma City Congestion, delays expected on I-40 as long-awaited project begins in Oklahoma City Shocking videos of Deer Creek students beating dogs catches attention, concern from PETA Student brought in for questioning after possible threat against Yukon Public Schools
JOHNSTON COUNTY, Okla. — A 51-year-old woman died after authorities say she crashed into the back of a semitrailer early Tuesday morning on a highway in southern Oklahoma.
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Around 6:30 a.m., a 2003 Ford van and a 1987 Peterbilt semitrailer were traveling south on State Highway 48 near Wapanucka in Johnston County when the semitrailer stopped to make a left turn. An Oklahoma Highway Patrol collision report states that the Ford did not stop and crashed into the back of the semitrailer.
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The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol identified her as Shanelle Watts of Coalgate.
The man driving the semitrailer was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released.
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