Oklahoma State Softball Bus Involved in Accident, Game vs. Wichita State Postponed
The Oklahoma State softball team was forced to postpone Wednesday's contest at Wichita State after the team's bus was involved in an accident that left one person dead.
A news report from KOCO 5 News provided details about the accident that happened on I-35 Northbound just outside of Perry, Okla. The crash occurred around 2:05 p.m. near mile marker 185 in Noble County and caused lane closures for more than two hours.
The woman who died, a pedestrian, has not been identified.
"A source told KOCO 5 that the team bus struck and killed a woman who was on the highway," the report states. "The source said authorities had already received some 911 calls about a woman running in and out of traffic on the highway."
Everyone on the softball team is physically okay, according to a statement from the program.
"Today's scheduled softball game between Oklahoma State and Wichita State has been postponed after the Cowgirls' team bus was involved in an accident on the way to Wichita. No one from the OSU travel party was injured," a statement on the team's website says.
"When the new game day and time are set, those details will be shared."
Oklahoma State and Wichita State were scheduled to play at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, resuming a a postponed game from March 10 that was halted by rain in Stillwater with the Shockers leading 8-3 with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning before starting the second game.
The Cowgirls are set to open a weekend series against Iowa State on Friday in Ames.
This story will be updated.
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Maren Angus-Coombs was born in Los Angeles and raised in Nashville, Tenn. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and has been a sports writer since 2008. She has been covering college softball since 2016 for various outlets including Softball America, ESPNW and Hurrdat Sports. She is currently the managing editor of Softball On SI and also serves as an analyst for Nebraska softball games on Nebraska Public Media and B1G+.