By GvilleTX Newsroom
Public updates from Kaiden Haymes's mother say a car struck him in Marietta, Oklahoma, and that he was being flown to Children's Hospital in Dallas; a later update from her said he was going into surgery for a head injury. The reported crash falls within the Texoma area served by GvilleTX, and historical state records show pedestrian and bicyclist crashes have occurred in Marietta and Love County even though they appear in low counts.
The family posts are the source for the verified facts about Kaiden's injury, hospital flight and surgery. No official crash narrative, driver information, exact location in Marietta, crash date or later medical update was included in the verified record provided for this report.
Oklahoma Highway Safety Office records provide the main local context. OHSO says its crash data draw on motor-vehicle crash reports, citations, driver-license records, vehicle-registration records, federal fatal-crash data and Oklahoma Department of Transportation data. The public pedestrian and bicyclist layer cited here covers 2015 through 2021, so it is background, not a state entry for the reported Haymes collision.
The records show Marietta's low count does not mean the risk is absent. ODOT records for U.S. 77 inside Marietta also show a two-lane highway carrying town and through traffic at posted speeds ranging from city-street levels to highway speeds.
| Record source | Verified data point |
| --- | --- |
| OHSO pedestrian/bicyclist layer, 2015-2021 | Love County had 10 records. Marietta had 4; Carter County had 62, Marshall County had 12, Ardmore had 56 and Thackerville had 1. |
| OHSO statewide layer, 2015-2021 | The layer contains 7,412 Oklahoma records, including 752 children age 12 or younger, 700 teens, 5,794 adults and 166 records with unknown age. |
| OHSO Marietta entries | The records include a 2020 fatal crash on Highway 77 involving a 59-year-old pedestrian listed as crossing outside an intersection and outside a crosswalk. |
| ODOT Roadways records | U.S. 77 inside Marietta showed 2024 traffic counts from 2,900 to 11,300 vehicles a day, speed limits from 35 to 65 mph and two lanes. |
| NHTSA pedestrian safety page | NHTSA counted 7,080 pedestrian deaths and more than 71,000 pedestrian injuries nationwide in 2024. |
| NHTSA traffic deaths release | NHTSA reported 39,254 U.S. traffic deaths in 2024, a fatality rate of 1.19 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled and an estimated 36,640 deaths in 2025. |
| Oklahoma FY2024 highway-safety annual report | The report set a 2024 pedestrian-fatality target of 94, listed 96 finalized pedestrian fatalities in 2022 and said OHSO would prioritize pedestrian safety in the FY2026 adjusted triennial plan. |
| Texas Strategic Highway Safety Plan | Texas' plan says pedestrian-related fatal and suspected serious-injury crashes account for 11% of that crash category and that the pedestrian trend has increased since 2017. |
None of the public records cited for roadway context assigns fault in the reported collision involving Kaiden. The state and federal data speak to the broader road-safety setting only.
_Editor's note: Everyone charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law._
Join the conversation
Comments