4 killed in Oklahoma church van crash

WATTS, Okla. — A quadruple fatality accident involving an Oklahoma non-public church faculty van stays underneath investigation, the Oklahoma Freeway Patrol reported Friday.

The accident occurred Thursday earlier than 6 PM. on US 59 at Bakery Feed Mill Street in Watts.

The situation of each drivers can be underneath investigation, the patrol reported.

Larry Valentine, 61, of Caney Hill, Ark, the motive force of a  1991 Dodge Ram died on the scene, the patrol reported.

The driving force of the State Line Christian Academy church van additionally died on the scene.  The patrol has not launched her title.

Westville First Baptist Church posted on social media.

“Our group has been hit with an unbelievable tragedy. A State Line Christian Academy van was concerned in a head-on collision in Watts this afternoon. Please hold the Murray and Littlejohn households in your ideas and prayers, in addition to all the primary responders/firefighters/ cops who helped labored this terrible wreck.”

Westville Public Colleges posted on social media that counselors and clergy can be found on the faculty at this time.

The patrol reported the fatalities are:

• Feminine, 34, Westville
• Feminine, 13, of Westville
• Feminine, 11 of Westville
• Larry Valentine, 61, of Caney Hill, AR

Injured:

• Chad Murray, 37 of Westville.  Handled and launched from Washington Regional Hospital in Fayetteville, AR with head and inside accidents.
• Juvenile, 14, of Westville.  Admitted to Washington Regional Hospital, Fayetteville, AR in truthful situation with head and trunk inside accidents.
• Juvenile, 10, Westville. Handled and launched from Siloam Springs, AR Regional Hospital with head and trunk inside accidents.
• Juvenile, 7,  of Westville. Admitted to Springdale, AR Kids’s Hospital in vital situation with head and trunk inside accidents.
• Juvenile, 5, Westville. Admitted to Little Rock, AR Kids’s Hospital in vital situation with head and trunk inside accidents.
• Juvenile, 2, Westville. Admitted to Springdale, AR Regional Medical Middle in truthful situation with head and inside accidents.
• Juvenile, 13, Westville. Admitted to Little Rock, AR Kids’s Hospital in vital situation with head, leg, and trunk inside accidents.
• Juvenile, 8, Westville. Handled and launched from Siloam Springs, AR Regional Medical Middle with head, leg, and trunk inside accidents.
•  Asa Valentine, 25, of Lincoln, AR. Admitted in vital situation to Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MO with head and trunk inside accidents.