{"id":72125,"date":"2017-03-22T15:31:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T21:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/3-dead-after-pickup-driven-by-durango-teen-slams-into-stopped-vehicle\/"},"modified":"2017-03-22T21:31:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T21:31:07","slug":"3-dead-after-pickup-driven-by-durango-teen-slams-into-stopped-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/3-dead-after-pickup-driven-by-durango-teen-slams-into-stopped-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"3 dead after pickup driven by Durango teen slams into stopped vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=fe72bb59-3413-4f25-81c4-87a16c8caa3d&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1667\" height=\"1110\" alt=\"Linda Danette Smith Irie, 50, is pictured here with grandchildren Jace Braxton Newville, 5, and Brooklyn Estelle Newville, 9. All three died Saturday in a crash on an Oklahoma highway when their vehicle was rear-ended by a pickup truck driven by a Durango teen, authorities said.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Linda Danette Smith Irie, 50, is pictured here with grandchildren Jace Braxton Newville, 5, and Brooklyn Estelle Newville, 9. All three died Saturday in a crash on an Oklahoma highway when their vehicle was rear-ended by a pickup truck driven by a Durango teen, authorities said.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of gofundme site<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>A grandmother and two of her grandchildren are dead after a pickup driven by a 17-year-old Durango boy rear-ended their vehicle on an Oklahoma highway last weekend, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Dwight Durant, smoke from a grass fire Saturday closed the Turner Turnpike between Tulsa and Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<p>Around 1:30 p.m., eastbound traffic was stopped near the Wellston exit, about 40 miles northeast of Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<p>According to Durant, the pickup truck failed to slow and slammed into the rear of a stopped SUV, pushing it into the two vehicles in front of it.<\/p>\n<p>The woman driving the SUV and her two grandchildren died, Durant said, adding that a third child was injured. He declined to release the names of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>The Oklahoman reported the victims were Linda Danette Smith Irie, 50; Brooklyn Estelle Newville, 9; and Jace Braxton Newville, 5.<\/p>\n<p>The news report said the third child was a cousin, Isabella Anthony, 6, who was flown to the Children\u2019s Hospital in Oklahoma City, treated and released.<\/p>\n<p>The report indicates the family was traveling to buy a baby lamb for Easter photo shoots. Irie owned a local photography studio that offers portraits, weddings and other events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were such beautiful, beautiful people and this is such a devastating loss,\u201d Aleena Olivia, a daughter, told The Oklahoman.<\/p>\n<p>Durant declined to release the name of the Durango teen driver, saying the department does not release the names of juveniles.<\/p>\n<p>Durant said the crash is under investigation. If charges are filed, the 17-year-old\u2019s name would be released, he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to preliminary information, Durant said the juvenile left New Mexico around 4 a.m. to visit relatives in Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared to be traveling alone, driving his guardian\u2019s vehicle, Durant said. The teen was taken to a hospital in good condition.<\/p>\n<p>No one else was seriously injured in the crash. Durant said it appeared everyone involved in the incident was wearing a seat belt.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:jromeo@durangoherald.com\">jromeo@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oklahoma claimed life of woman, two grandchildren<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[29,254],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-72125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-newsletter","tag-road-crash"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72125"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=72125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}