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| 72-Mile Interstate 84 Stretch Reopened Following Four-Hour Closure | ||
| 12/18/2007 | ||
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Sergeant Darin Helman Oregon State Police - Baker City Office: (541) 523-5867 Photograph links valid for 30 days - Source: Oregon State Police http://www.flashnews.net/images/news/121807.i84mp318.1.JPG http://www.flashnews.net/images/news/121807.i84mp318.4.JPG http://www.flashnews.net/images/news/121807.i84mp318.2.JPG http://www.flashnews.net/images/news/121807.i84mp318.3.JPG A 72-mile stretch of Interstate 84 between Baker City and Ontario has been reopened following a four-hour closure related to numerous traffic crashes and jack-knifed commercial vehicles. Two people were reported injured in one crash, and an Oregon State Police (OSP) trooper had to jump over the concrete median to avoid a commercial truck that sideswiped his unmarked patrol car. According to OSP Sergeant Darin Helman, Interstate 84 between Baker City and Ontario was closed in both directions today at 7:48 a.m. due to severe winter driving conditions. Fourteen miles east of Baker City near milepost 318, numerous crashes occurred necessitating the closure until 11:51 a.m. One crash involving a minivan and commercial truck led to 2 occupants of the minivan being transported by ambulance to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Baker City with non-life threatening injuries. Another crash happened when an OSP Senior Trooper Leon Barker arrived on scene eastbound at milepost 318 eastbound in his unmarked patrol car to assist those involved in the series of crashes. An approaching commercial truck was unable to stop and Senior Trooper Barker had to jump the concrete median in order to avoid being hit. The commercial truck crashed into another truck before sideswiping the trooper's patrol car. No one was injured and the patrol car and commercial truck were moderately damaged. Local emergency responders, OSP and ODOT were at the scene. ODOT responded with several deicers, sanders and snow-plows to assist. ### www.oregon.gov/OSP ###
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