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Three troopers seriously injured after wreck in Oklahoma City involving motorcade for fallen police sergeant

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Three troopers seriously injured after wreck in Oklahoma City involving motorcade for fallen police sergeant
Three troopers seriously injured after wreck in Oklahoma City involving motorcade for fallen police sergeant

A wreck involving Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers and the motorcade for a fallen Tulsa police has shut down part of a turnpike in Oklahoma City.

THEY SICKEN YEARS.

MASON WASTO HAVE SOME SORT OF AUDIOTROUBLE WHAT WE CAN TELL YOUTHESE TROOPERS WERE ESCORTINGA FALL IN TULSA POLICE OFFICERSERGEANT CRAIG JOHNSON WHENTHE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.

THEPOLICE OFFICER'S ACTION AGAINTHAT PROCESSION YESTERDAY INTULSA THEY WERE ESCORTINGTHEIR FALLEN COMRADE TO THEMEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE HEREIN OKLAHOMA CITY.

A PROCESSIONCONTINUING HERE WITH THEHIGHWAY PATROL THE ACCIDENTHAPPENED AROUND 11:00AM THISIS NEAR KELLY AND THEKILPATRICK AGAIN AT LEAST 3TROOPERS INJURED RIGHT NOW WEWANT TO GO OUT TO CHASE HORNWHO IS ON THE GROUND.

WE GETMORE INFORMATION.

JASON KNOWTHAT THEY'RE DIVERTING TRAFFICAT THIS TIME.YEAH THAT'S RIGHT KEN I'MSTANDING RIGHT NOW ON THEEASTERN BRIDGE OVER THETURNPIKE YOU CAN SEE BEHIND METRAFFIC REALLY BACKED UP FORNOT ALLOWING ANYONE EASTBOUNDON TO THE TURNPIKE I'MACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE THOSEARE LET'S CHECK IN HAND TO MYRIGHT A LITTLE BIT WE CAN SEETHERE 0 TRAFFIC GOINGEASTBOUND ON THE TURNPIKE WERETOLD THAT THE ACCIDENTOCCURRED JUST OVER THAT RIDGETHERE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF OURSIGHT LINE TO MASON DUNN INCHOPPER 4 GETTING A BETTERLOOK OVERHEAD BUT THIS IS WHATWE DO KNOW THE INFORMATION YOUJUST SAID KIT THAT THETURNPIKE AUTHORITY CONFIRMINGTHEY WERE TRANSPORTINGOFFICERS.

SERGEANT CRAIGJOHNSON'S BODY FROM TULSA HEREWHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

WEDON'T KNOW THE EVENTS THAT LEDUP TO THE ACCIDENT OR WHATEXACTLY HAPPENED.

BUT OKLAHOMAHIGHWAY PATROL TELLING US THAT3 TROOPERS WERE SEVERELYINJURED DURING THAT ACCIDENTOR OWN PHOTOJOURNALIST CHRISTO BE TELLING US HE SAW ONEOFFICER BEING TRANSPORTED VIAMED FLIGHT TO OTHERS TAKING ANAMBULANCE TO AREA HOSPITALSWE'RE NOT SURE ON ANY UPDATEON THEIR CONDITION.

BUT WE DOKNOW THAT THOSE AMBULANCESWERE RECEIVING TRANSPORTS BYPOLICE PERSONNEL TO THEHOSPITAL SO AGAIN OFFICERSERGEANT CRAIG JOHNSON FROMTOLL, SO THE OFFICER THAT DIEDIN THE SHOOTING IN TULSA BEINGTRANSPORTED HIS BODY FROM HEREFROM TULSA TO OKLAHOMA CITY 3TROOPERS SEVERELY INJURED AREASKING YOU TO AVOID THE AREAALL EASTBOUND TRAFFIC.STARTING RIGHT HERE AT THEEASTERN BRIDGE ON THE TURNPIKEIS SHUT DOWN THERE IS A LITTLEBIT COMING WESTBOUND BUT AGAINTRAFFIC BACKED UP SEVERELY INTHAT WAY AS WELL WE'RE GOINGTO STAY ON THE GROUND HERE ANDGET MORE INFORMATION BRINGTHAT TO YOU AS IT DEVELOPS,BUT FOR NOW LIVE IN NORTHEASTOKLAHOMA CITY CHASE OROKLAHOMA'S NEWS 4 CHASE.

THANKYOU AND AGAIN WE'LL UPDATE YOUMORE INFORMATION ON THIS SAIDTHEY WERE SCORING THE FALL INTULSA POLICE OFFICER.THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.OFFICERS ACTUALLY GAIN THATPROCESSION HERE YOU SAIDYESTERDAY IN TULSA AGAIN THEYWERE ESCORTING THEIR FALLENCOMRADE TO THE MEDICALEXAMINER'S OFFICE AND THEN THEPROCESSION CONTINUED TODAYWITH OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROLTHAT'S WHEN THE ACTIONHAPPENED ABOUT 11 O'CLOCK THISMORNING.

3 TROOPERS ENTERED ASWE JUST HEARD FROM CHASESERGEANT JOHNSON, THE 15 YEARBETTER IN THE TULSA POLICEDEPARTMENT DIED TUESDAY AGAINAFTER HE WAS SHOT IN THE LINE

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