OSP SEEKING DRIVER, VEHICLE INVOLVED IN FATAL TRAFFIC CRASH - HIGHWAY 58 WEST OF OAKRIDGE
Posted: March 4th, 2010 1:44 PM
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A Sparks, Nevada man died Thursday morning when the commercial truck he was driving collided with several large bales of hay that fell off an unknown semi-trailer traveling in the opposite direction on Highway 58 about seven miles west of Oakridge. OSP is asking for the public's help to identify the driver and vehicles from which the hay bales, estimated at about 8 tons total, fell off from as it passed the victim's truck in the opposite direction.
According to Oregon State Police (OSP) Sergeant Andy Kenyon, on March 4, 2010 at approximately 5:25 a.m. a commercial truck driven by GREGORY RALPH MULLER, age 37, from Sparks, Nevada was eastbound on Highway 58 near milepost 27. While negotiating a sharp curve, MULLER was passing a truck pulling two trailers loaded with bales of hay coming westbound. Several bales of hay weighing about 1,000 lbs. each fell off the lead trailer and struck the truck driven by MULLER, demolishing the cab in which he was in.
The truck pulling the trailer from which the hay came off did not stop and was last observed westbound. The vehicle and driver have not been identified. Information indicates this truck was a white commercial truck hauling two trailers of oversize bales of hay. A witness stated the hay fell from the front of the load on the lead trailer.
MULLER was pronounced deceased at the scene. He was driving for Sherwin Williams Company transporting clothes and furniture. His vehicles came to rest in a ditch along the eastbound side of the highway.
OSP troopers from Springfield and Oakridge responded to the scene along with ODOT, and Dexter and Oakridge Fire and EMS.
Highway 58 was closed approximately 4.5 hours while troopers investigated. ODOT cleared several bales of hay from the roadway.
OSP is seeking information to help identify the other driver and vehicles. Any with information is asked to call OSP Northern Command Center dispatch at 800-452-7888.
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