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MOORE, Okla. (KFOR) – Police and school officials say that a pickup driver struck several cross country athletes near an Oklahoma high school Monday afternoon, killing one and seriously injuring three others.
Police said the suspect, 57-year-old Max Leroy Townsend, hit six students in the 300 block of North Eastern near Moore High School.
One female student, Rachel Freeman, was killed, and three others are in critical condition Monday. Officials identified the other victims as Yuridia Martinez, Joseph White, Kolby Crum, Shiloh Hutchison, and Ashton Baza.
The victims were taken to OU Med where they are currently being treated in the trauma bay.
"It appears (the suspect) struck vehicles before and after striking the students," Moore Police Sgt. Jeremy Lewis said Monday. "We are waiting on a warrant to draw his blood, which is typical with someone involved in a fatality crash but they are investigating the possibility of him being intoxicated."
Police officials told KFOR that Townsend's son, Cody, was killed over the weekend in a car wreck just a mile away from the scene.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister sent the following statement:
Moore High School Principal, Mike Coyle sent the following email to parents: