Car Ripped Apart After Crash With Semi In SW OKC

A local man is lucky to be alive after a high-speed accident late Wednesday afternoon on SW 44th St., near Council Rd.

Sources say Joe Schrader, who’s in his 30s, was driving east on 44th St., a semi was coming from the other direction when they hit.

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“Jim” works nearby, and says he saw what happened prior to the crash.

“I seen two cars come barreling down the road at a high rate of speed,” he said.

Police say they don’t know yet whether or not the accident was a result of “street racing.”