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Oklahoma City police community in mourning after officer killed in crash while off duty

The officer was 31 years old and joined the Oklahoma City Police Department in May 2016.

Oklahoma City police community in mourning after officer killed in crash while off duty

The officer was 31 years old and joined the Oklahoma City Police Department in May 2016.

ABBY ZACH, IT’S A MOMENT THAT EVERY FIRST RESPONDER HOPES THEY NEVER HAVE TO SEE RESPONDING TO A SCENE FOR THEIR BROTHER OR SISTER IN BLUE. NOW THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN COMING TOGETHER TODAY TO HONOR SERGEANT BURKE BY THINGS LIKE THIS VIGIL AND AN OVERWHELMING SOCIAL MEDIA RESPONSE. AN ACCIDENT OVERNIGHT LEAVING OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY HEARTBROKEN. WHEN WE ARRIVED, WE LEARNED THAT ONE OF THE INVOLVED DRIVERS WAS ONE OF OUR OFFICERS. POLICE SAY SERGEANT MEGAN BURKE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK NORTHBOUND ON I-44 WHEN A CAR GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION CROSSED THE MEDIAN HITTING HER CAR. NOW AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AND THOSE IN BLUE MOURN THE LOSS OF A FELLOW OFFICER. POLICE SAY SERGEANT BURKE WAS 31 YEARS OLD AND JOINED THE FORCE IN OKLAHOMA CITY IN 2016. WE TAKE A SEAT FOR YOU RIGHT HERE. THEY POSTED THIS BODY CAMERA VIDEO TODAY FROM JULY OF SERGEANT BURKE TAKING A MAN INTO CUSTODY FOR ARSON AND KNOCKING ON DOORS TO SAVE FAMILIES FROM A BURNING APARTMENT. HEY, I NEED YOU OUT THE BUILDING BY FIRING. THEY SAY THIS VIDEO SHOWS, QUOTE, JUST HOW COMMITTED SHE WAS TO BEING AN OFFICER AND PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY. OKC POLICE TOOK A MOMENT TO REMEMBER HER TODAY. HER LIFE, LEGACY AND SERVICE TO THE CITY. SKY 5 WAS OVER THIS PROCESSION THIS AFTERNOON AS SERGEANT BURKE WAS MOVED FROM THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE TO A LOCAL FUNERAL HOME. THE OKLAHOMA CITY FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE SAYS BURKE WAS A YOUNG, ENTHUSIASTIC PROFESSIONAL AND A GREAT REPRESENT NATIVE OF OUR YOUNGER GENERATION OF OFFICERS. OTHERS ACROSS THE STATE AND NATION ALSO SHOWING SUPPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND SERGEANT BURKE MADE OKLAHOMA HER HOME. YEARS AGO WHEN SHE PLAYED COLLEGE SOCCER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. HER FORMER COACH SAYS SHE TRULY WAS ONE OF A KIND. WE’LL HAVE THAT STORY TONIGHT AT SIX. RE
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Oklahoma City police community in mourning after officer killed in crash while off duty

The officer was 31 years old and joined the Oklahoma City Police Department in May 2016.

An overnight crash has left Oklahoma City police and the community heartbroken.Sgt. Meagan Burke was driving home from work around 12:30 a.m. Thursday in the northbound lanes of Interstate 44 near Southwest 44th Street when a southbound car crossed the median and hit her vehicle head-on. Burke was pronounced dead at the scene.| MORE | Oklahoma City police identify off-duty officer killed in crash on I-44"When we arrived, we learned that one of the involved drivers was one of our officers," Capt. Valerie Littlejohn said.An investigation is underway, and those in blue mourn the loss of a fellow officer. Burke was 31 years old and joined the Oklahoma City Police Department in May 2016.The department posted body camera video from July of Burke taking a man into custody for arson and knocking on doors to save families from a burning apartment. Authorities said the video shows "just how committed she was to being an officer protecting our community." | MORE | Procession held for Oklahoma City police officer killed in crash while off dutyOklahoma City police took a moment to remember Burke, her life, legacy and service to the city. Sky 5 flew over a procession Thursday afternoon as officers escorted Burke's body from the Medical Examiner's Office to a funeral home.The Oklahoma City Fraternal Order of Police said Burke was a young, enthusiastic professional and a great representative of our younger generation of officers.

An overnight crash has left Oklahoma City police and the community heartbroken.

Sgt. Meagan Burke was driving home from work around 12:30 a.m. Thursday in the northbound lanes of Interstate 44 near Southwest 44th Street when a southbound car crossed the median and hit her vehicle head-on. Burke was pronounced dead at the scene.

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| MORE | Oklahoma City police identify off-duty officer killed in crash on I-44

"When we arrived, we learned that one of the involved drivers was one of our officers," Capt. Valerie Littlejohn said.

An investigation is underway, and those in blue mourn the loss of a fellow officer.

Burke was 31 years old and joined the Oklahoma City Police Department in May 2016.

The department posted body camera video from July of Burke taking a man into custody for arson and knocking on doors to save families from a burning apartment. Authorities said the video shows "just how committed she was to being an officer protecting our community."

| MORE | Procession held for Oklahoma City police officer killed in crash while off duty

Oklahoma City police took a moment to remember Burke, her life, legacy and service to the city. Sky 5 flew over a procession Thursday afternoon as officers escorted Burke's body from the Medical Examiner's Office to a funeral home.

The Oklahoma City Fraternal Order of Police said Burke was a young, enthusiastic professional and a great representative of our younger generation of officers.