OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A driver was flown to the hospital on Monday afternoon after crashing into an Oklahoma Highway Patrol vehicle while a trooper and a worker with the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) diverted traffic due to a grass fire.
Both the trooper and the OTA worker had exited their vehicles to assist with traffic control along the H.E. Bailey Turnpike on Monday when a vehicle drove through the area and struck the trooper’s patrol vehicle, according to officials.
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The driver of the vehicle was flown to a nearby hospital, where they are expected to survive. Neither the trooper nor the OTA worker was injured in the incident.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol wants to remind drivers to slow down and move over when approaching flashing lights and emergency vehicles…