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Former Oklahoma RB Marcus Dupree Helps Save Woman After Highway Crash
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Oklahoma soccer legend Marcus Dupree had the best run of his life on Tuesday.
Dupree, arguably probably the most gifted operating again in faculty soccer historical past for his plain 1982 season at OU, was in the precise place on the proper time when he helped extract a girl from her automobile following a high-speed crash on the Turner Turnpike.
“I couldn’t even imagine it was taking place in entrance of my eyes,” Dupree stated.
Dupree was in Norman over the weekend for the Sooners’ annual Purple/White Sport, and he was en path to Tulsa for an NFL Draft charity occasion to boost cash for top faculties to purchase sports activities tools.
He stated the motorist handed him in the precise lane and tried to swerve left to go a tractor-trailer rig, however the truck modified lanes and he or she clipped it earlier than spinning and flipping. Her SUV hit the guardrail and got here to relaxation on the motive force’s facet.
Dupree pulled over, ran forward and instantly assessed the state of affairs.
“The again half was blocked. It was bent. She couldn’t get out,” Dupree informed SI Sooners in a cellphone interview Wednesday morning. “The window was busted. Fortunately it wasn’t on hearth, as a result of she was an enormous woman and I wouldn’t have been in a position to get her out if she was knocked out or no matter. It was powerful getting her out of there.”
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Dupree stated he known as 911 and commenced to assist the girl get out by way of the again cargo space whereas their automobiles sat on the shoulder of the freeway. After they had been safely out of the automobile, native firefighters arrived. He stated the girl was taken into an ambulance and first responders informed him she appeared OK. He did not have any further info on her situation.
“I used to be speaking to the hearth chief and the Freeway Patrol, after which I left,” Dupree stated. “So I believe she was high quality. I believe she sort of dazed somewhat bit.”
Dupree stated he was shocked that no different motorists rendered support.
“No person stopped,” he stated. “That’s what tripped me out. No person stopped. I suppose there was this (Latino) man over within the pasture and he heard it and he got here operating. He jumped the fence and got here operating. I couldn’t perceive nothing he stated, however yeah, she was OK.”
Dupree stated he was grateful for the stranger’s help, and stated folks don’t must suppose he’s some sort of freeway hero.
“I simply suppose that’s what we’re imagined to do as human beings, is cease,” Dupree stated. “No person actually stopped. If she had went over into that ravine – what if that was at evening? No person would have recognized. The one factor that stopped her from going into the ravine was the rails. Proper there.”
He stated he didn’t suppose the motorist didn’t acknowledge him as a well-known soccer participant, however the hearth chief did.
‘He was the primary one to get there after I known as,” Dupree stated. “He launched himself and I stated, ‘I’m Marcus Dupree.’ He took a step again, he’s like, ‘Who? What?’ I stated, ‘Yeah. I’m Marcus.’ He was like, hey, can we take some footage? So we’re taking footage on the facet of the interstate.
“It was one thing to see, I’ll inform you that.”
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Oklahoma
Thousands without power, buildings damaged after severe Oklahoma storms brought 80mph winds
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Weather officials are surveying storm damage and thousands are without power after a sudden, severe thunderstorm crossed Central Oklahoma on Tuesday night.
In Oklahoma City, neighborhoods like Britton Road saw severe damage, KOCO reports, after wind gusts up to 80 mph blasted through, causing roof damage and downing power lines.
About 30,000 customers are still affected across 16 counties, with the largest impact in Oklahoma County, reports Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. Closer to 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, almost 60,000 OG&E customers were without power.
OG&E customers can report outages online.
Storm damage in Oklahoma today
Several neighborhoods reported some forms of storm damage, while others saw more extensive damage, including downed power lines and shredded roofs.
Map: Oklahoma power outages today
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Here's a peek at how our nonprofit news is funded • Oklahoma Voice
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Oklahoma Supreme Court rules against Catholic charter school proposal
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St. Isidore, which aims to serve 1,500 students online within Oklahoma by its fifth year of operation, has the backing of Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt as well as former state schools superintendent Ryan Walters. Proponents of the plan say the online school would be a boon for rural Oklahoma students who do not have a Catholic school in their area.
The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board had in April 2023 voted unanimously to disapprove the school’s application, later in June approving the contract 3-2 after revisions to the application.
Brett Farley, executive director of the Oklahoma Catholic Conference and a board member for the proposed school, told CNA following the first disapproval that the plan’s backers were “not discouraged at all.” He said at the time he believed Oklahoma’s government presents a “favorable environment to negotiate protections for religious liberty” to ensure that the school’s Catholic identity is not threatened by the acceptance of public funds.
The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City had pushed for approval of the school after former Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor issued an advisory opinion in late 2022 stating that because of the Supreme Court’s recent rulings, Oklahoma’s provisions banning religious schools from accessing public funds as charters could be unconstitutional. He cautioned that this legal change would not mean that religious schools using public funds “can necessarily operate however they want.” Drummond withdrew his predecessor’s opinion on the matter.
In a dissent to the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s majority opinion, Justice Dana Kuehn argued that St. Isidore’s would be a partner of the state, not a government entity, and thus the state denying funds to St. Isidore’s because it is religious would violate the free exercise clause of the First Amendment.
“St. Isidore would not be replacing any secular school, only adding to the options available, which is the heart of the Charter Schools Act,” she wrote.
“The state is not required to partner with private entities to provide common education. But if it does, it cannot close the door to an otherwise qualified entity simply because it is sectarian … Contracting with a private entity that has religious affiliations, by itself, does not establish a state religion, nor does it favor one religion over another.”
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