Emergency Crews Respond To Fatal Car Crash In Edmond

<p>Emergency crews are responding to a car accident on&nbsp;I-35 between&nbsp;Waterloo and Covell&nbsp;Sunday afternoon.&nbsp;</p>

Sunday, April 17th 2016, 2:46 pm

By: News 9


Emergency crews are responding to a fatal car accident at Interstate 35 between Waterloo and Covell Sunday afternoon.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol confirms two people have died in the three vehicle crash.

A northbound vehicle was driving at a high rate of speed and went left of center into the barrier cable. The vehicle hit a southbound vehicle which hit another southbound vehicle head-on.

The driver, Philip John Hess, 43, of Oklahoma City, and the passenger, a 2-year-old from Oklahoma City, of the vehicle hit head-on died at the scene. 

OHP closed I-35 southbound at Covell. Traffic was diverted. Drivers were urged to avoid the area if possible. 

An investigation is underway.

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