Four Memebers of North Central Texas College Softball Team Killed in Bus-Tractor Trailer Truck Crash

Just absolutely terrible, one second you are a college student with your whole life ahead of you, the next second, it is all over.

Four members of the North Central Texas College woman’s softball team were killed Friday night and several injured when their team bus was struck by a tractor-trailer truck that crossed the center median on Interstate 35 about 70 miles south of Oklahoma City, OK.  . The college bus/van was carrying 15 female students and one male coach, who was the driver. The fatal crash occurred at 9 pm Friday night, three of the girls dies at the scene and one later passed away at Arbuckle Memorial Hospital in Sulphur, Oklahoma. The team was heading home from a scrimmage against Southern Nazarene University, in Bethany,OK. The four members of the NCTC softball team that dies have been identified as 20 year old Brooke Deckard, 20 year old Jaiden Pelton, 19 year old Meagan Richardson and 18 year old Katelynn Woodlee.

Our hearts and prayers go out to their family, friends and the North Texas College student body.

Four members of a girl’s softball team for North Central Texas College in Gainesville were killed after a tractor-trailer crossed the center median and hit the team’s van Friday night in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Three of the victims died at the scene and a fourth died a short time later at Arbuckle Memorial Hospital in Sulphur, Oklahoma.

The four victims have been identified by NCTC Chief of Police James Fitch as 20-year-old Brooke Deckard of Blue Ridge, Texas; 20-year-old Jaiden Pelton of Telephone, Texas; 19-year-old Meagan Richardson of Wylie, Texas; and 18-year-old Katelynn Woodleeof Dodd City, Texas.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Capt. Ronnie Hampton said the Highway Patrol’s investigation should take several weeks including toxicology tests.

“Right now, it’s being investigated like a homicide,” Hampton said, adding that both drivers will undergo standard toxicology tests. Hampton said details of the crash were still not known but “something happened to cause (the semi-tractor driver) to depart the roadway and impact the other vehicle.”

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