INJURY TRAFFIC CRASH - HIGHWAY 20W WEST OF TUMALO
Posted: February 4th, 2012 9:52 AM
One person was injured Friday afternoon in a near head-on crash involving a car and commercial truck on Highway 20W about four miles west of Tumalo. Oregon State Police (OSP) is completing the investigation and cited an involved driver.
On February 3, 2012 at approximately 1:29 p.m. a 2006 Mercedes driven by JACK GRAHAM, age 68, from Sisters, was westbound on Highway 20W near milepost 13 negotiating a curve when it crossed the centerline and collided nearly head-on with an eastbound 2000 Peterbuilt truck pulling a flatbed trailer loaded with lumber. A third vehicle, a 2009 Honda Civic, drove into the ditch to avoid the collision.
GRAHAM was transported by ambulance to St. Charles Medical Center in Bend with non-life threatening injuries. He was cited by OSP for Fail to Drive on Right Side of Highway.
The truck's driver, STEVEN C. JORGENSEN, age 53, from Newell, Iowa was not injured. The lumber load did not spill.
The Honda's driver was not injured.
Senior Trooper Joseph Craig from the Bend Area Command office is completing the investigation.
Deschutes County Sheriff's Office, ODOT and local fire personnel assisted at the scene. The highway was closed about two hours.
No OSP photographs available for this release.
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