Feburary 4, 2020

A school official says a second suburban Oklahoma City high school student has died after a group of cross-country runners was struck by a pickup truck.

Moore Public Schools safety director Dustin Horstkoetter said Tuesday that Yuridia Martinez had been hospitalized Monday but has since died.

Senior Rachel Freeman was killed Monday as the cross-country team ran along a street outside the school.

Police arrested 56-year-old Max Leroy Townsend and booked him into the Cleveland County jail for leaving the scene of an injury accident and one count of manslaughter in the first degree. They say he was driving the truck that struck the students.

Police say Townsend's son died in a car crash in Moore on Sunday. They don't know if that played a role in the crash.

Police did say Townsend has a criminal background including pleading guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, multiple drug charges and at least two DUI's.

Investigators are also working to determine if alcohol was a factor.

A vigil is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Moore High School to remember the students who died and those still recovering.

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Feburary 4, 2020

A high-school girl in Oklahoma is dead and five other students are in the hospital some in critical condition.

After police say a man in a pick-up truck ran them down near their school Monday.

Police say a 56-year-old man driving a red pickup ran into a car then ran into a group of cross-country and track athletes out a jog. Police say he kept driving and hit two more cars on the way.

Police say the incident happened near Moore High School's athletic facilities so there were a lot of students who saw it happen. They were on the scene when police showed up.

Some of them helped point police in the right direction to where they saw that pickup drive off. The driver was arrested about two blocks away.

Police say they're still investigating, but as of now, no charges have been filed.