OKLAHOMA COUNTY, OK. (THECOUNT) — Oklahoma City Police Officer, Sgt. Meagan Burke, of Guthrie, Oklahoma, has been identified as the victim in a Thursday morning fatal vehicle crash.
Burke, 31, was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Oklahoma City early Thursday morning.
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According to reports, a vehicle traveling on Interstate 44 near Southwest 29th Street, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle lost control and went airborne into opposing lanes around 12:30 a.m. Thursday. The vehicle then came into head-on contact with Burke’s personal vehicle.
Burke was pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries at the scene.
The driver of the other involved vehicle sustained non-life threatening injuries in the crash.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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