An Oklahoma teen died on his way to a Kansas City Chiefs game over the weekend after his mother surprised him with tickets for his birthday, police and loved ones said.
18-year-old Connor Barba and his mother Megan Barnett were traveling from Norman on US 169 in Norman about 4 p.m. Saturday when the driver of a Chevy Camaro going in the opposite direction veered into their lane and struck their 2013 Hyundai Santa. Hit the bump. fe, the the Kansas State Patrol said.
The Camaro then went back into the southbound lanes and collided with a 2012 Dodge Ram, authorities said.
Barba, who was driving the Hyundai, was pronounced dead at the scene, while his mother was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
The driver of the Camaro, Joseph Savage, 45, was also killed in the wreck, state police said.
“Connor kind of turned right and hit the brakes as hard as he could,” said Colin Barnett, the teen’s uncle and Megan’s brother. According to Coco.
“When Connor did that, he took the full brunt of the Camaro.”
The mother-son duo were headed to the Chiefs’ primetime game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when Barnett surprised her son with tickets for his upcoming birthday, his family said in a GoFundMe post.
Colin said both mother and son were excited for the game, which the Chiefs won 30–24 in overtime.
“She really wanted to see (Buccaneers quarterback) Baker Mayfield play, and Megan, I think, wanted to see the Chiefs play, possibly a Taylor Swift connection,” Barnett told the station.
Mayfield played college football for the University of Oklahoma Sooners while Swift is dating Chiefs player Travis Kelce.
Barba was remembered as mature for his age and had “a lot of light”, Barnett said.
“She had an incredible amount of joy and an incredible smile. He loved to laugh and joke,” Barnett recalled.
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