OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City police say one person was killed when a shipping container was knocked from an Oklahoma National Guard vehicle and landed on a pickup truck.
Captain Dexter Nelson says the metal bin carrying weightlifting equipment was on a trailer as it went under a railroad overpass and the bin struck the overpass and rolled onto the pickup. Nelson said investigators found no significant damage to the bridge. He said he didn't know how high the overpass is above street level.
The name of the person killed was not immediately known.
National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Lindy White said a soldier was driving the vehicle hauling the bin.
White called the crash a "tragic accident" and said there is there is nothing else she can say while police investigate.