Court Says Toll Worker Struck by Ambulance Cannot Sue

An injured toll collector cannot sue over injuries she suffered when an ambulance collided with her tollbooth because of statutory immunity and because she already obtained workers' compensation benefits for the injuries, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Shannon Garst worked as a toll collector at an Interstate 44 tollbooth in Newcastle when she was struck in June 2020 by a speeding ambulance driver who was transporting a patient from Jackson County Memorial Hospital in Altus to an Oklahoma City facility. Garst filed for workers' comp that same month and filed a lawsuit...