WE’LL LOOK FOR IT. THAT’S COMING UP HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT JONATHAN THANK YOU. LET’S GET BACK TO THIS BREAKING NEWS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR SUSPECTS WHO TOOK OFF AFTER TWO HIT AND RUN CRASHES. AND KOCO SHELBY MONTGOMERY JOINS US LIVE NEAR SOUTHWEST 50TH AND SHARTEL NEAR THE SCENE OF THOSE CRASHES. AND, SHELBY, YOU SPOKE TO NEIGHBORS WHO HEARD ALL OF THIS. GOOD MORNING. YES, I SPOKE TO SEVERAL NEIGHBORS WHO SAY THEY HEARD THE CRASH, CAME OUTSIDE AND SAW THOSE TWO SUSPECTS RUNNING FROM THE CAR. NOW, THIS IS THAT AREA WHERE THAT SUSPECT DID CRASH HIS CAR RIGHT INTO THAT TREE ON THE CORNER THERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE BARK THAT’S MISSING. IT CAME TO A STOP RIGHT OVER HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE SCRAPES ON THE ROADWAY. NOW, OFFICIALS DID JUST CLEAR THAT CAR FROM THE SCENE ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO. SO TAKE A LOOK. THAT CAR DID HAVE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE FIRST CRASH HAPPENED A FEW BLOCKS AWAY ON SOUTHWEST 44TH AND SHARTEL. WHEN THE SUSPECT CRASHED INTO A CAR BEFORE CONTINUING TO DRIVE. THEN HE HIT THAT TREE INSIDE OF THAT CAR, A TEEN GIRL ON HER WAY TO SCHOOL. I SPOKE TO HER MOM AND BROTHER WHO WERE STILL ON SCENE. THE DAUGHTER TOO SHAKEN UP TO TALK ON CAMERA. YES, I WAS AT WORK AND SHE CALLED ME MOM. THEY CRASHED INTO ME AND I WAS LIKE, I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING SMALL, BUT SHE WAS CRYING AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED? SHE’S LIKE, THEY CRASHED INTO ME. MOM, CAN YOU COME? AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH. SO I LET MY BOSS KNOW AND I COME AND HERE I SEE ALL THIS. THE DAUGHTER WAS DOING OKAY AND IS STILL SHAKEN UP. NOW THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THOSE TWO SUSPECTS. WE KNOW ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES. REPORTING LIVE F
Police search for suspect involved in hit-and-run crash in southwest Oklahoma City
Police are investigating and talking to witnesses in the area.
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Updated: 11:02 AM CDT Aug 20, 2024
Police say they are searching for a suspect involved in a hit-and-run crash before colliding with a tree Tuesday morning in southwest Oklahoma City.>> Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here. According to police, a suspect hit a car near Southwest 44th Street and Shartel Avenue. The driver then continued on Shartel Avenue before hitting a tree and crashing out.Two people in the car ran from the scene, and police found an injured passenger shortly afterward. The driver is still believed to be on the run.Sky 5 flew over one of the second scene near Southwest 51st Street and Shartel Avenue, showing a badly damaged car crashed in a neighborhood.>> Download the KOCO 5 AppAn ambulance, police and firefighters responded to the scene, and Sky 5 showed paramedics helping at least one person. Police said one person was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. A mother of a girl whose car was crashed into told KOCO 5 that her daughter was on her way to school when she was hit. She called her mom for help, and she's OK but just shaken up. "I thought it was something small. And now that I see her car, I was like 'Oh my God.' Then, I see his car and I'm like, 'It's just ridiculous,'" Maria Herrera said.Top Headlines Joe Biden's exit, talk of the glass ceiling, a civil rights hero. Takeaways from Day 1 of the DNC Driver grabs woman's neck, slams her into car in alleged road rage incident at Penn Square Mall OSBI investigates Watonga officer's use of force after struggle with autistic child Investigation leads to arrest of man accused of human trafficking at OKC hotel Oklahoma City commemorates 66th anniversary of historic Katz Drug Store sit-in
OKLAHOMA CITY — Police say they are searching for a suspect involved in a hit-and-run crash before colliding with a tree Tuesday morning in southwest Oklahoma City.
>> Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
According to police, a suspect hit a car near Southwest 44th Street and Shartel Avenue. The driver then continued on Shartel Avenue before hitting a tree and crashing out.
Two people in the car ran from the scene, and police found an injured passenger shortly afterward. The driver is still believed to be on the run.
Sky 5 flew over one of the second scene near Southwest 51st Street and Shartel Avenue, showing a badly damaged car crashed in a neighborhood.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App
An ambulance, police and firefighters responded to the scene, and Sky 5 showed paramedics helping at least one person. Police said one person was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
A mother of a girl whose car was crashed into told KOCO 5 that her daughter was on her way to school when she was hit. She called her mom for help, and she's OK but just shaken up.
"I thought it was something small. And now that I see her car, I was like 'Oh my God.' Then, I see his car and I'm like, 'It's just ridiculous,'" Maria Herrera said.
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