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3 Dead, 34 Injured After Woman Suspected Of Drunk Driving Plows Into Crowd At Oklahoma State Homecoming Parade

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Appalling scene at the Oklahoma State University’s homecoming parade in Stillwater, where a day full of celebration turned into death and anguish. On Saturday morning, a woman suspected of drunken driving slammed her car into a crowd, killing three people and injuring 34 others. OSU graduate student Paul Sims who witnessed the horrendous event said, “I can’t describe it any more clearly than this: People flying in the air.” Another witness, Konda Walker, a 1991 OSU alum, painted the grisly scene, “At first we thought it was part of the show. People were flying 30 feet into the air like rag dolls.” Witnesses say the car barreled into a police motorcycle first and then into the crowd at a high rate of speed. “I think the car was going between 45 and 50 MPH, and it just barreled into everybody that was there,” witness Megan Lantz told The Oklahoman. “I had my six children with me, but I am first aid certified, so I passed them on to my mother and ran in to help. Everyone was helping as much as they could.” Eight of the injured were airlifted to hospitals with critical injuries, seven others suffered serious injuries, and seven more were hurt less seriously, Stillwater police Capt. Kyle Gibbs said.

“The Oklahoma State homecoming parade is probably one of the most wholesome, happy events… and to have it fouled like this is just a terrible tragedy,” OSU President V. Burns Hargis said. The horrendous tragedy happened approximately at 10:30 a.m., four hours before the school’s homecoming event that included nationally ranked OSU’s football game against the University of Kansas at Stillwater’s Boone Pickens Stadium. After careful deliberation, officials decided to play the football game. Flags did fly at half mast.

“”The driver is Adacia Avery Chambers, a 25-year-old resident of Stillwater. She was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving at the bloody scene.

“”Our thoughts are with the friends and families of the victims as well as everyone affected at Oklahoma State University.