Former Oklahoma RB Marcus Dupree Helps Save Woman After Highway Crash

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.”

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.”