UPDATE: Police identify officers injured in Thursday morning motorcade
Posted on Saturday, July 4th, 2020 at 12:29 am
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Multiple officers reported injured in a previous story when an SUV veered out in front of a police motorcade transporting the body of an officer killed in Tulsa.
According to News on 6, Troopers Rocky Barnes, Ron Watson, and Steve Eason were all hospitalized following the crash, which occurred along the Kilpatrick Turnpike Thursday morning.
Each Trooper was transported to the hospital in critical condition. However, two have since been released from the hospital as of Friday evening.
The Kilpatrick Turnpike was shut down for several hours after the crash but has since reopened.
No word on which of the troopers were released from the hospital or the condition of the third has been made public.
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