Multiple Tulsa Highway Crashes Slow Morning Commute

Two multiple vehicle crashes on two Tulsa highways slowed the morning commute for many drivers Thursday morning.

The first incident happened in the westbound lanes of Interstate-244 between Highway 169 and Memorial.   The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says there were two separate crashes about a mile apart.  One at I-244 and Mingo involved two cars and the other on the exit ramp from Highway 169 to westbound I-244 involved three vehicles.

Troopers report one person was injured and taken to the hospital.  

A short time later, the OHP said another crash shut down two northbound lanes of Highway 169 just north of I-244 due to a five vehicle crash.

That crash backed up northbound traffic on 169 for several miles.

One person from that crash was also taken to a Tulsa hospital.