Edited footage shows what led up to a fatal crash, killing 2 people over paper tags

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Bristow, OK - Two Mannford police officers misled colleagues by falsely alleging a driver had tried to run over them when she fled a traffic stop for a paper tag issue, a Tulsa World investigation shows.

An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper ended the 36-minute pursuit with a maneuver that crashed the woman's car into a tree the night of Nov. 25 in rural Creek County. Crystal Marie Price — a 36-year-old Bristow mother of three boys — and her passenger, Dario Hendrix, 43, were both killed.

Mannford police had Price’s information from the get-go and could have opted to seek an arrest warrant to pick her up. Instead, police pursued her for an extended time at high speeds.

After that night, the officers' false claims about Price grew when put to paper.

Tristan Stacks and Connor Harrison each wrote in their reports that Price swerved at officers and struck Stacks with the side of her car. However, on the night of the chase, neither officer voiced that Stacks supposedly had been hit.

Their allegations are disproven by body-cam video reviewed by the Tulsa World and Lee Enterprises’ Public Service Journalism team. Both officers were off to the left side of Price's car when she drove off — neither officer in her path — and her wheels stayed straight.

The footage also indicates that Highway Patrol Trooper Robert Darnell didn’t seem to know there was a passenger in the car when Darnell intentionally hit it on Oklahoma 16 just east of Bristow.

Price's family members say they are devastated and without answers as they struggle to come to terms with her death.

KayCee Ragland, one of Price's two younger sisters, said neither the Highway Patrol nor Mannford police were forthcoming with information. And Ragland recalled how awful social media comments were from the public.

"They think they know the story, but people who know her know she's not some criminal," Ragland said of Price. "We promise you, this is a normal mom, and we don't understand how it even got to that point."

Mannford Deputy Chief Brett Gipson said there were no disciplinary findings or actions taken with Stacks and Harrison. Gipson and Police Chief Jerry Ridley didn't respond to specific questions about the chase.