he met a rude older man in a chariot at a crossroads This man was actually King Laius Oedipus s real father but neither of them knew each other He ordered Oedipus to move aside and make away Oedipus refused to move The situation quickly turned into an argument Laius annoyed by Oedipus s refusal struck him with a staff In a fit of rage Oedipus attacked and killed Laius and most of his servants I struck him in my rage I killed him I killed them all Prophecy Fulfilled After this Oedipus traveled to Thebes There he answered the riddle of the Sphinx and saved the city Then the people of Thebes selected him as their king He married the king's widow Jocasta who is actually his real mother For years no one knew the truth But when a plague struck Thebes Oedipus vowed to find Laius killer to save the city Through investigations he discovered that the man he killed at the crossroads was Laius his father His attempt to escape the prophecy had actually made it come true In short Oedipus killed his father by accident during a fight at a crossroads This tragic mistake sealed his fate