TULSA, Okla. — A woman allegedly forced another woman's car off the I-44 bridge during a road rage incident in December.
On Jan. 3, the Tulsa District Attorney charged Rashaun Parker with assault with a deadly weapon — that weapon being Parker's car.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said just after 10 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2023, 20-year-old Tikeara McCall lost control of the car during a road rage incident and went over the center wall.
Tulsa Fire Department Captain Brandon Wright told 2 News by the time crews arrived, McCall already made it out. She was later treated at the hospital.
"She was definitely fortunate to get out of that one with her life. It was like a 50 or 60-foot drop to the bottom, probably," Capt. Wright said.
"Probably 40, 50 yards. Either way, she would've been in the water on her top. The outcome could've been way different."
In police documents, witnesses told officers they saw both cars speeding on Skelly Dr. Police said McCall performed a U-turn, getting on I-44 and heading west before both cars began to hit each other.
After being hit a second time on the bridge, McCall ran into the center wall and was sent over, falling into the Arkansas River bed.
Parker, 40, was accompanied by a 19 and 20-year-old passenger at the time of the crash.
Both passengers were taken to the hospital in stable condition.
The report stated Parker refused treatment. Tulsa police arrested her in the afternoon for assault with a deadly weapon.
Capt. Wright said he's still amazed by the call he responded to.
"First one I've made like that for sure," he said. "I mean, to get away with their life from that big of a fall upside down," for sure.
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