An Oklahoma state senator from Tulsa was charged with first-degree manslaughter after authorities say she was speeding and driving recklessly when her vehicle skidded off a rain-slickened road and crashed into a man’s disabled vehicle, killing him.
Democratic Sen. Alison Ikley-Freeman, 29, who was seriously injured in the May crash, was charged Monday in Lincoln County. According to a state trooper who investigated, Ikley-Freeman was traveling 91 mph in a 75 mph zone in rainy conditions on the Turner Turnpike.
Enrique Lopez, whose vehicle had skidded off the road earlier and was stuck in a ditch, died at the scene.The patrol reported Ikley-Freeman was trapped in the wreckage for 40 minutes.
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