Overview
- The crash, which occurred Wednesday on I-35 between Britton and Hefner roads, left three dead after debris fell from a vehicle and a southbound driver crossed the cable barrier into northbound traffic.
- Authorities identified the victims as Trooper Vernon Brake, 36-year-old Mercedes Bayne, and Bayne's 5-year-old daughter, Ariana.
- The Traffic Homicide Unit released a photo of a truck of interest and asked anyone with dashcam video from 11:15 to 11:30 a.m. near Hefner Road to call 405-425-2323.
- Investigators are treating the site as a crime scene as they work to find the vehicle that lost the load and to determine exactly what fell onto the highway.
- Brake's funeral is set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Crossings Community Church with a 21-gun salute, and Gov. Kevin Stitt ordered flags flown at half-staff through April 14.