Wife of fallen Trooper Vernon Brake files wrongful death lawsuit

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The wife of fallen Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Vernon Brake has filed a lawsuit alleging negligent acts and omissions by a metro trenching company and commercial truck driver.

Trooper Brake, Mercedes Bayne, and her 5-year-old daughter Ariana were killed earlier this month after a deadly collision on I-35 near Hefner Road.

The accident report says Mercedes attempted to avoid an incident in front of her. She crossed the center line and struck Trooper Brake’s patrol unit…

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