The incident took place on Saturday morning, leaving many people injured, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lieutenant John Vincent, told AP, without revealing further details.
The Stillwater News Press puts the death toll at two people adding that more than a dozen more have been injured.
This is the car. pic.twitter.com/nvrj2gwA5R— Geoff Haxton (@GeoffHaxton) October 24, 2015
At the same time, Stillwater's mayor said that three people had been killed dead and 27 taken to hospital, including two victims in critical condition, the Local News on 6 TV station reported.
The car that plowed into the bystanders was not part of the homecoming parade, News on 6 reported, adding that there are claims that it may have been a police unit.
UPDATE: 3 dead, 10 critical, 27 airlifted to hospitals after car plows into OSU homecoming crowd. Driver in custody. pic.twitter.com/6ghm9zLqNv— Lacie Lowry (@LacieLowry) October 24, 2015
"We were probably 10 feet away, when the vehicle came barreling through. We heard somebody scream 'Look out!'. [The car] plowed through a police motorcycle and then a crowd of people," another eye-witness told the news outlet.
Several witnesses also said the driver was a woman. She was taken to custody.
Oklahoma State parade: Multiple injuries reported in crash at homecoming event https://t.co/TNLEuuVUA4 #abc15 pic.twitter.com/F7NBtEzj7W — ABC15 Arizona (@abc15) October 24, 2015
OSU's homecoming weekend festivities are among the largest in US, attracting thousands of people annually.
Another of the car. pic.twitter.com/1ZCUXvu7mY — Geoff Haxton (@GeoffHaxton) October 24, 2015
Clearly cars must be banned to save humanity.