Ardmore teen killed after falling from car, troopers say

MURRAY COUNTY, Okla. — A 19-year-old Ardmore woman is dead, after authorities say she fell from the window of moving car on I-35 Saturday night.

Multiple media outlets, including KXII-TV and KTEN-TV, report the incident happened around 11:30 p.m. Saturday in the northbound lanes of I-35 between Ardmore and Pauls Valley near mile marker 50.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers said Lani Hicks was in a car with 5 other people, including the driver, and was sitting partially outside the vehicle, when she somehow fell out, onto the roadway, and was hit by multiple vehicles.

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Authorities say they’re still investigating how it happened.

The organizer of a GoFund Me page for Hicks’ funeral expenses said her friends and family are heartbroken.

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