SERIOUS INJURY COLLISION INVOLVING TRAIN AND PICKUP WEST OF WESTFIR IN LANE COUNTY
News Release from Oregon State Police
Posted on FlashAlert: August 27th, 2014 2:36 PM
Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation into Wednesday morning's serious injury collision involving a train and pickup west of Westfir in Lane County. The injured person's name is withheld pending next of kin notification.
Preliminary information indicates on August 27, 2014 at approximately 10:45 a.m., a Union Pacific Railroad train was traveling westbound when its operator saw a pickup stopped on the tracks at the US Forest Service Road 5821 crossing about two miles west of Westfir. The train's operator couldn't come to a stop and struck the pickup.
The adult male occupant in the pickup was seriously injured and entrapped in the pickup. Fire personnel from Oakridge Fire & EMS extricated the occupant and he was taken by ground ambulance to Oakridge Airport. He was then taken by LifeFlight to Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.
OSP troopers are still at the scene investigating the crash.
OSP is assisted by US Forest Service law enforcement, Oakridge Fire & EMS, and Union Pacific Railroad representatives.
No photographs available for release at this time.
### www.oregon.gov/OSP ###
Preliminary information indicates on August 27, 2014 at approximately 10:45 a.m., a Union Pacific Railroad train was traveling westbound when its operator saw a pickup stopped on the tracks at the US Forest Service Road 5821 crossing about two miles west of Westfir. The train's operator couldn't come to a stop and struck the pickup.
The adult male occupant in the pickup was seriously injured and entrapped in the pickup. Fire personnel from Oakridge Fire & EMS extricated the occupant and he was taken by ground ambulance to Oakridge Airport. He was then taken by LifeFlight to Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.
OSP troopers are still at the scene investigating the crash.
OSP is assisted by US Forest Service law enforcement, Oakridge Fire & EMS, and Union Pacific Railroad representatives.
No photographs available for release at this time.
### www.oregon.gov/OSP ###
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