A 16-year-old girl and a 31-year-old woman were killed in separate sledding incidents in Texas and Oklahoma on Sunday, according to several reports.
16-year-old Elizabeth Angle was killed in a tragic sledding accident while being pulled by a Jeep Wrangler on Sunday afternoon, according to a Frisco, Texas Police Department press release. A second 16-year-old girl, reportedly Angle’s best friend, who was in the sled as well, is currently on life support.
The report indicates that a 16-year-old boy was pulling the girls on a sled with a Jeep Wrangler before the sled “struck a curb and collided with a tree,” according to witness reports.
“Frisco PD and FD arrived on scene and located two 16-year-old females with life threatening injuries and began administering life saving measures,” the release stated. “The two females were transported to local hospitals where one succumbed to her injuries and died at the hospital. The other is in critical condition.”
Angle was a sophomore at Wakeland High School in Frisco, Texas and a member of the school girls’ soccer team. Wakeland Girls Soccer posted a memorial to X on Monday.
In loving memory of Elizabeth Angle (2009–2026).
Please keep her parents, sisters, teammates and coaches from both school and club, friends, classmates, teachers, and community in your thoughts and prayers during this time of grief. pic.twitter.com/Ka9fGXmPj9
— Wakeland Girls Soccer (@wakelandgsoc) January 26, 2026
Another woman, 31-year-old Makayla Mitchell, was killed while sledding in Oklahoma City on Sunday night, according to KOKH, a local news outlet based in the area. Mitchell’s sled was being pulled by a vehicle driven by 22-year-old Angel Walzier, before the connecting rope broke and left the sled stranded in the road.
A separate vehicle, driven by 24-year-old James Kirk, hit and killed the woman shortly after. A Drug Recognition Officer tested the drivers at the scene, both of whom “showed signs of impairment,” according to KOKH. Kirk and Walzier were arrested and are being charged with second-degree murder and aggravated DUI.
Frisco PD told the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) the department has no additional comment at this time, while the Oklahoma City Police Department provided the DCNF with a police report of the incident.
Several states across the country have experienced an intense winter storm, resulting in dozens of deaths caused by freezing temperatures and medical emergencies while shoveling snow. Northeast cities, including New York and Philadelphia, experienced the heaviest snowfall in five years, and Miami is on course to record its lowest temperature in 16 years.