OKLAHOMA CITY – Two people were rushed to the hospital in critical condition after a serious car accident in southwest Oklahoma City.
Around 5 a.m., two cars crashed near S.W. 44th between Rockwell and Council.
Police say the people involved in the initial accident, 47-year-old Robert Joseph and 19-year-old Nicholas Hitchcock, were exchanging information outside of their vehicles when another car crashed into them.
That vehicle then crashed head-on into another vehicle, officials say.
Four people were injured in the crash.
Two of those people, Joseph and Hitchcock, were rushed to a local hospital in critical condition.
S.W. 44th between Rockwell and Council is closed while police investigating the crash.
BREAKING: Double autoped at SW 44th & Rockwell .@kfor
— Ashley Legg 💪🏽 (@leggday) October 6, 2016
Update: 4 vehicle crash, 4 people hurt, 2 people with severe injuries at the trauma center .@kfor
— Ashley Legg 💪🏽 (@leggday) October 6, 2016
Update:Police say 2 drivers got in an accident and were outside their vehicles talking when another driver struck one of the vehicles @kfor
— Ashley Legg 💪🏽 (@leggday) October 6, 2016
Expect closures on SW 44th between Rockwell & Council for quite some time as police investigate this bad crash .@kfor
— Ashley Legg 💪🏽 (@leggday) October 6, 2016