A vehicle went airborne off a Tulsa bridge early Saturday and crashed upside down onto an interstate below, leaving a 1-year-old child injured 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, the Tulsa Police Department said.
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.
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The 17-year-old did not stop at a stop sign before he failed to make a turn in the slight curve in the road, striking a curb that sent the car airborne over a drainage ditch, police said.
The vehicle then crashed through a barrier and dropped onto the interstate below.
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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.
