2 People Dead After Motorcycle, SUV Crash In Leonard

Two people are lifeless tonight following OHP said a motorcyclist crashed into the aspect of an SUV whilst likely by way of Leonard. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol stated the motorcyclist was driving at higher speeds and the driver of the SUV had stopped to transform into the community article office environment.

We talked to the loved ones of the male who was on the motorbike. They told us Tyler Jackson of Haskell was 24 and the father of a 1-yr-old kid.

Just one of the witnesses explained, when he observed Jackson go by, he considered to himself ‘that driver demands to slow down’ just moments ahead of the crash.

“Everybody’s in shock. You should to, No one particular thinks what occurred here. They cannot think it. Suitable in my entrance door actually,” said Richard McElhaney. Richard McElhaney passes time every day by viewing automobiles travel past his porch. “I could have pulled across there and I could’ve been in this,” said McElhaney.

McElhaney walked throughout the avenue this afternoon to the Leonard Publish Business office in close proximity to Freeway 64 and 161st East Avenue when he listened to a crash. “It was just like a shotgun. It was just like a shotgun. And it is sad to just see innocent lives go to squander,” said McElhaney.

Many OHP troopers from surrounding businesses responded. The Bixby Law enforcement Department and Bixby Hearth Division also assisted, alongside with EMSA and the Clinical Examiner’s Office. Bixby Law enforcement aided block off visitors for a pair several hours.

“We have just one goal and that is to put jointly a total and comprehensive investigation as effectively as takin treatment of the needs of the spouse and children at the time,” said Lt. Mark Southall, OHP.

McElhaney reported the complete issue can make him terribly unhappy. “That’s a terrible sight,” said McElhaney.

Point out troopers say 60-year-aged Sheri Tomlinson of Bixby was in the SUV and died at a Tulsa clinic. “Someone’s life was altered endlessly currently,” said Southall.

He said the motorcyclist was heading east, quick and the driver of the SUV was turning still left when strike. “It’s not a really quickly velocity limit coming as a result of here. Cuts down really a little bit on freeway 64 and this is a US Highway that operates through in this article, but however you can find folks that cross this road on a day by day foundation or people today that are pulling into the article business office,” explained Southall.

“It truly is an open state,” said McElhaney. McElhaney stated it’s a tricky matter to happen in a compact city. “Just you should gradual down folks in Leonard, be sure to, because I are living here. It is really sad. It truly is unhappy,” said McElhaney.