Family mourns the loss of beloved sister in tragic Highway 9 crash, calls for intersection investigation
A family is speaking out after their loved one was killed in a head-on crash along Highway 9 in Norman.
This happened Friday, August 4th around noon.
Police say the other driver was a 72-year-old man who also died at the scene.
Brittany Murillo is grieving the sudden loss of her sister, Tiffany Murillo.
“If you needed the shirt off her back, you were going to get that shirt,” Murillo said. “That is who she was through and through. That’s what I want people to remember her for.”
She remembers getting the news.
“It just felt like time stopped,” Murillo said. ” My face went numb. Everything in an instant was different.”
26-year-old Tiffany was hit head-on along Highway 9 near 108 Avenue Southeast.
Norman police say the other driver, a 72-year-old man, had a medical episode causing the crash.
Both died at the scene.
Tiffany’s little girl survived the impact.
They were headed home from a dentist appointment, according to the family.
“She was about two blocks from her home when she was hit,” Murillo said.
Murillo wants someone to investigate this intersection.
She says a lot of people have been killed there since 2017.
“It is a death trap where she was,” Murillo said.
Right now, the family is also trying to navigate life without Tiffany.
“We have each other and family is our cornerstone,” Murillo said. “It is everything in our lives and we were raised that way. We will get through it together.”
