Update: 2:00pm:
The Owasso Police Department has released the following update on this mornings fatal car accident
This incident will remain under investigation while the evidence is processed and witnesses are interviewed. An official cause of the accident will not be released until the accident reconstructionist has completed the reports, which may take several days or weeks. Early indicators suggest that distracted driving may have contributed to this accident. Specifically, one of the drivers was allegedly distracted, did not see that traffic had slowed ahead due to congestion on US 169 and reportedly stuck the other vehicles in its path.
The names of the involved parties are not being released at this time. I don’t anticipate any additional releases of information today.
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Update: OPD reports that the fatality was a young girl under the age of 10. Two other people were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
Deputy Chief of Police Jason Woodruff reports that an adult and another child were taken to the hospital in serious condition.
The highway reopened around 10:45 a.m.
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8:30am Owasso Police are reporting a child died in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 169 around 7:30am Thursday morning. At least one adult was taken in serious condition to a Tulsa hospital.
The accident has now closed lanes in both directions on Highway 169 between 76th Street North and 86th Street North .
Four vehicles were involved in the crash.
Police urge drivers to avoid the area because they say southbound 169 will be shut down for approximately three hours.
