CORRECTION: SERIOUS INJURY TRAFFIC CRASH - HIGHWAY 20 EAST OF BURNS (PHOTOS)
Posted: August 25th, 2010 2:45 PM
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(Note: OSP was advised PAULSEN flown by air to St. Aphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, not St. Charles in Bend as noted in the earlier news release)
Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers from the Burns worksite are continuing the investigation into Tuesday evening's serious injury traffic crash on Highway 20 sixteen miles east of Burns involving a sport utility vehicle and a farm tractor.
On August 24, 2010, at about 8:44 p.m. a 1999 Jeep Cherokee driven MICHAEL PAULSEN, age 19, from Vale, collided with a John Deere tractor as both vehicles traveled eastbound near milepost 148. The collision sheered off the tractor's left side dual tires. The tractor's driver, DEAN NIKKEL, age 24, from Burns, moved it off the roadway after the collision.
The Jeep came to rest in the eastbound lane and caught fire with PAULSEN trapped inside. Burns and Hines volunteer firefighters responded and extinguished the flames before they were able to reach PAULSEN to extricate him. PAULSEN was initially transported to Harney District Hospital and later was taken by air ambulance to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho.
Oregon State Police troopers, with assistance from an OSP Collision Reconstructionist from the Ontario Area Command office, is investigating alcohol as a possible contributing factor for PAULSEN.
ODOT, Harney EMS, and volunteer fire departments from Burns and Hines assisted at the scene.
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