A vehicle went airborne off a Tulsa bridge early Saturday and crashed upside down onto an interstate below, injuring a 1-year-old child and forcing a highway shutdown as rescuers rushed to the scene. Officers responding around 5:08 a.m. near Southwest Boulevard in Tulsa found the vehicle overturned on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 244 after it crashed through a fence and fell from an overpass, according to the Tulsa Police Department. Dispatchers reported hearing a child crying at the scene.
A 17-year-old driver, an 18-year-old passenger and the 1-year-old child were inside the car at the time of the crash, police said. The 17-year-old did not stop at a stop sign before failing to make a turn in the slight curve, striking a curb that sent the car airborne over a drainage ditch. The vehicle then crashed through a barrier and dropped onto the interstate below. Authorities said the child was not in a car seat and was injured but is expected to recover after being taken to a hospital. Police and highway patrol officers shut down lanes of the interstate to allow firefighters and EMS crews to reach the wreckage.
The crash remains under investigation, and charges against the driver are possible. Officials are asking anyone who witnessed the crash to contact Tulsa police.
