Oklahoma Highway Patrol releases more information about automotive drowning

More information is now being released by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol about an automotive drowning that took the life of a 6-year-old and the driver of the vehicle.

It happened on Nov. 4th when authorities say the driver tried to cross a flooded low-water bridge.

The vehicle was swept into the flood waters.

The OHP says a 6-year-old and the driver, 43-year-old Tylen Turman of Jay,  Oklahoma  both drowned.

Two other children were in the car at the time.

The patrol says Turman’s body was found a full 11 miles northwest of where the incident took place.

The other two children were treated and released at a Siloam Springs, Arkansas hospital.