By Fox23.com News Staff
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper and two others are dead following a crash on Interstate 35 in Oklahoma City Wednesday morning.
According to OHP, a vehicle was traveling southbound on I-35 at 11:27 a.m. when the driver lost control for an unknown reason and crossed the center cable barrier.
The vehicle hit Trooper Vernon Brake, who was traveling in the northbound lane just south of Hefner Road in Oklahoma City.
Brake was pronounced dead at the scene along with the driver of the vehicle and a 4-year-old passenger.
OHP says Brake was a graduate of the 56th OHP Academy in 2006, serving in the ranks for nearly 20 years.
He is survived by his wife and two children.
The identities of the two others have not been released at this time.
OHP’s Traffic Homicide Unit is conducting an investigation into the crash.
