Officer Forced To Kill Dog To Help Pedestrian Hit By Car On Tulsa Highway

A man who was attempting to cross Highway 75 just south of the downtown area is in a Tulsa hospital in critical condition after he was struck by a car Friday morning.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol identified the victim as Gregory Charles Sr.,48, of Tulsa.

the man was in surgery Friday at about 10 a.m. and remains in critical condition

The incident occurred at about 5:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes of 75 just past the 21st Street exit.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says Charles Sr. was walking across the highway when he was hit by a 1995 Honda Accord driven by Tracy Wallace of Tulsa. Wallace was not injured.

The victim had a dog with him and that dog prevented the first police officer on the scene from giving aid to the man.  The officer used his metal baton to protect himself from the dog, but ended up shooting and killing the dog so paramedics could treat the victim.

Charles Sr. was taken to the hospital where he was in critical condition at last report.

While crews were working this crash, a second crash involving two cars occurred in the southbound lanes, just north of where the man had been hit.

Because of this crash, traffic was stopped for a time, causing traffic in both southbound and northbound lanes of U.S. Highway 75 to back up.

No word if anyone from this crash was injured.