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Judge Rules Oklahoma State Parade Crash Suspect Competent To Stand Trial

25-year-old Adacia Avery Chambers
Stillwater Police Department

Thursday afternoon a Payne County judge ruled Adacia Chambers, the woman accused of crashing her car into a crowd of spectators at Oklahoma State University's homecoming parade in October, is competent to stand trial.

Four people died and dozens more were injured in the October 24 crash. Chambers faces four counts of second-degree murder and 46 counts of assault and battery.

Chambers reportedly told officers she was suicidal immediately after the crash, and had been treated for mental health issues in the past

Read the post-competency examination order

Thursday afternoon, Chambers appeared in person before Payne County Special Judge Louis Duel, along with her attorney Tony Coleman. Court records indicate Coleman isn't seeking a trial on Chambers' mental competency. A preliminary hearing has been set for 9 a.m. on April 7.

 
 
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Brian Hardzinski is from Flower Mound, Texas and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. He began his career at KGOU as a student intern, joining KGOU full time in 2009 as Operations and Public Service Announcement Director. He began regularly hosting Morning Edition in 2014, and became the station's first Digital News Editor in 2015-16. Brian’s work at KGOU has been honored by Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI), the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters, the Oklahoma Associated Press Broadcasters, and local and regional chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists. Brian enjoys competing in triathlons, distance running, playing tennis, and entertaining his rambunctious Boston Terrier, Bucky.
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