The Oklahoman

Texas woman killed in Payne County crash

- FROM STAFF REPORTS

the Oklahoma County district attorney’s office will determine whether to file charges, according to the release.

Mark Opgrande, a spokesman for the department, said Petrie’s death is the fourth at the Oklahoma County jail since the beginning of the year. In 2017, 12 inmates died in jail custody. Investigat­ion reported.

Deepkuner Bhakta, 25, was pronounced dead Monday evening at the scene at the Best Way Inn, 4302 W Doolin Ave., about 6:30 p.m.

The cause of Bhakta’s death is part of an ongoing investigat­ion, OSBI reported.

A Texas woman died Monday evening in a Payne County crash, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.

Pennie Shoebridge, 54, of San Antonio, Texas, was pronounced dead at the scene about 7 p.m. on Interstate 35 near State Highway 51 about 15 miles west of Stillwater.

The patrol reports Shoebridge was traveling south on I-35 when the van she drove hit a cable barrier and rolled. She did not wear a seat belt and was partially ejected.

The cause of the crash is under investigat­ion, the patrol reported.

A trooper detected an odor of alcohol, the patrol reported.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigat­ion reported Monday the crash is being investigat­ed in connection with another ongoing case, but a spokeswoma­n for the bureau did not give further details.

In 2015, Shoebridge pleaded guilty in a federal court in Arizona to a misdemeano­r reckless driving offense.

She was arrested May 15, 2014, for erratic driving at Grand Canyon National Park. She told park rangers she was “drunker than a clown,” records show. A judge sentenced her to a year of probation.

Her defense attorney at the time reported Shoebridge was a “disabled lifetime military veteran.” Records show she was in the United States Air Force.

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