3 teens dead, 1 critically hurt in Sapulpa crash

SAPULPA, Okla. — Update: Troopers said two 15-year-olds and a 17-year-old were killed in the crash. The 16-year-old driver survived, but was admitted to the hospital in critical condition.

Sapulpa Public Schools confirmed two of the teens who died were students in the district.

Read the district’s statement here

Original Story: The Oklahoma Highway Patrol responded to a fatal car crash near Sapulpa on Wednesday.

Three people were killed after their car, traveling at a high speed, slammed into a tree near 161st West Avenue and 101st St. South, OHP said.

OHP said there was a fourth person in the vehicle who was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.

The identities and ages of the victims have not yet been released.

“Right now, we’re in the evidence-gathering phase of this, so we can’t begin to make a judgment as to what happened until we’ve gathered the evidence and have had time to look at it,” said OHP LT. Mark Southall.

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