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Police investigation underway after fatal crash ends vehicle pursuit in Oklahoma City
UPDATE:
OKLAHOMA CITY, (KOKH) — OKCPD attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation near 23rd Street and I-44 Thursday evening.
The suspect began a vehicle pursuit which officers followed onto I-44 through north Oklahoma City.
The driver attempted to exit onto 23rd Street and overcorrected the vehicle, causing it to collide with the concrete barrier.
The driver was transported to a nearby hospital where they were pronounced deceased.
All eastbound lanes of I-44 have been closed at I-40. The westbound and eastbound I-40 off-ramp have also been closed due to the collision.
ORIGINAL:
The Oklahoma City police are at the scene of a car crash following a vehicle pursuit near 23rd Street and I-44.
According to OKCPD, the pursuit began near SW 59th Street and Penn Avenue.
One person has been pronounced deceased at the accident.
This is a developing story; please check back for updates.
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Driving in Oklahoma City in the winter is hectic. When the snowstorms come, or even ice, many drivers opt to hit the highways as opposed to cruising through the main city streets.
It may feel like you have come in contact with every driver in the metro area, and if you’re not looking to get stuck in the slow-moving traffic, there may be a way to evade it all.
Oklahoma provides a map of the cameras throughout their highway systems with views of how traffic, snowfall and other factors impact your commute.
If you’re looking for a way to slide through the traffic, here are some ways you can prepare for the road ahead.
How are the roads in OKC?
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation provides a map of all highways, interstates and streets going through the state. Some parts of the roadways feature live cameras, allowing you to see active traffic flow throughout the state.
As these are live, you can also see how the weather may have impacted the roadway throughout the day.
More: See live traffic flows in, around Oklahoma City metro.
Also included in the map, you can see traffic flow patterns, indicated by the green, yellow and red paths.
OKC live traffic cameras
What roads are closed?
The ODOT also shares road closures throughout the state. Using the map below, you can click through and see if there are any active closures on highways, turnpikes or other state-operated roadways throughout Oklahoma.
Oklahoma snow tracker
The City of Oklahoma City operates all snow route clean-up throughout the city, while ODOT and the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority are responsible for their respective roads.
Roads are cleaned, including inside suburbs, for weather events like snow, blizzards, freezing rain and ice storms.
Find maps and snow plow locations at oksnowplows.org
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Persistence Helps Oklahoma Land “Freakazoid” Wide Receiver
NORMAN — In the middle of his signing day press conference Wednesday, Oklahoma coach Brent Venables got word that wide receiver Jayden Petit had signed with the Sooners.
Venables called Petit a “freakazoid.”
“Big, strong, athletic, amazing, not only in catch radius but his strain at the top of the route, again, for a guy in high school is just a little bit different,” Venables said.
The 6-foot-3, 220-pound Petit’s recruitment was emblematic of the Sooners’ recruiting approach under Venables and general manager Jim Nagy.
Venables and wide receivers coach Emmett Jones stayed in contact with Petit even after the Naples, Florida, product committed to Wisconsin in June, less than three weeks after taking an official visit to Norman.
Petit flipped to the Sooners on Thanksgiving and signed Wednesday.
“They stayed with it,” Venables said of his staff’s approach to Petit. “And where a lot of people would grow weary, they didn’t. And again, same things they sold in recruiting, I think, came to fruition. And Jayden’s a really spiritual guy and I think he just had a peace about coming to Oklahoma.”
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Of course, the product Venables and co. are selling now is a bit different from the vision they were trying to sell over the summer.
After a 6-7 season last season where no wide receiver had more than 315 yards receiving, the Sooners surged this season, finishing the regular season 10-2 and likely heading to the College Football Playoff.
And instead of having tight end Bauer Sharp as the leading receiver, wide receiver Isaiah Sategna leads the Sooners with 65 catches for 948 yards and seven touchdowns.
So while the offense isn’t fully fixed, it’s still a much better product than it was back when Petit made his original decision.
When Nagy arrived in March, he began looking through the players that were already on Oklahoma’s radar.
It didn’t take him long to notice Petit.
“He was one of my favorite players when I got here in March that was currently on the board,” Nagy said.
With Deion Burks and Keontez Lewis seniors among the wide receiver group, there will be some playing time up for grabs at the position.
Petit was one of four wide receivers the Sooners signed Wednesday, joining Jahsier Rogers from Delaware, Daniel Odom from California and Zizi Okwufulueze of Owasso’s Rejoice Christian.
But Venables singled out Petit as a player who had an opportunity to play right away.
“He’s gonna jump into a great group, and really feel like he’s — from a physical standpoint and a mental standpoint — he’s gonna be able to jump in right away and help make that position immediately better.”
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4-star wide receiver signs with Oklahoma Sooners
The Oklahoma Sooners landed a signature from four-star wide receiver Jahsiear Rogers on Wednesday’s early signing day, as they continue to add to their 2026 recruiting class.
Rogers was ranked as a four-star prospect by 247Sports Composite, and he is from Appoquinimink High School in Middletown, Delaware. He stands at 5-foot-11, weighs 180 pounds, and was ranked as the 43rd-best WR in the ’26 class.
Rogers committed to wide receivers coach Emmett Jones on October 27th, a couple of weeks after receiving an offer. Rogers decommitted from Penn State, in the wake of former head coach James Franklin’s firing, to join the Sooners. He also held offers from Nebraska, Indiana, and Alabama, among others.
Jones has been busy rebuilding the wide receiver group since the disastrous 2024 season, and he’s adding a blue-chip target in the form of the Nittany Lions flip. Rogers is one of four wideouts that Oklahoma landed on signing day.
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