Thread: 23 killed during week of deadly crashes

23 killed during week of deadly crashes
Sean Murphy
Associated Press


— OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A sport-utility vehicle crossed the center median of Interstate 40 on Sunday and slammed into an oncoming tractor-trailer, killing a Missouri woman and her son in another in a series of deadly accidents on Oklahoma roads over the last week.
Jacquline E. Moreno-Barnes, 27, of Nevada, Mo., was driving a Ford Explorer east on I-40 near Clinton when she ran across the median and slammed head-on into the truck, causing both vehicles to catch fire, said Oklahoma Highway Patrol Capt. Chris West. Her 2-year-old son, Nathan Salvador Bobadilla-Ramirez, was also killed in the crash around 10 a.m., the patrol said.
A 5-year-old girl in the sport-utility vehicle was taken to an Oklahoma City hospital in critical condition, West said. The OHP listed the home address of both children as Mexico.
“Both vehicles burned, but no one died of fire, they died of trauma,â€

[quote][b]It just seems like recently we’ve had a rash of fatality accidents, for no rhyme or reason,â€