UPDATE 10:00 p.m. ET – Via the AP:
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Betsy Randolph said troopers found the bodies of a woman and an infant near their vehicle. Randolph said it’s not known if the woman was driving into the storm when it hit around 7 p.m. Friday.Emergency officials reported numerous injuries were reported in the area along I-40, and Randolph said there were toppled and wrecked cars littering the area. Troopers requested a number of ambulances at I-40 near Yukon, west of Oklahoma City.
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UPDATE
9:32 p.m. ET — Horrified Oklahoma residents flocked to a local On Q gas
station in southwest Oklahoma City to ride out the severe weather, KFOR-TV
reported Friday night. The parking lot of the establishment was packed with
vehicles as people hunkered down in the bathroom and other parts of the store.
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