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Multiple early morning ice-related crashes prompted Oregon State Police to close westbound lanes of Interstate 84 just east of The Dalles for two hours Monday morning.
One of the crashes, which happened around 6 a.m., pushed a concrete barrier between east and westbound traffic into the opposite lanes of travel requiring Oregon Department of Transportation crews to repair the center divider, said an OSP spokesman.
Tractor-trailer driven by Monte Harlbut avoids collision but crashes down embankment spilling cargo.
A tractor-trailer driven by a Vancouver man spilled 34,000 pounds of hazardous material Thursday morning near The Dalles, Ore.
Monte Harlbut, 27, was driving northbound on Steele Road in Wasco County when an oncoming commercial vehicle entered his lane, according to the Oregon State Patrol. Hurlbut drove toward the ditch on the right side of the road to avoid a collision and his tractor-trailer rolled down the embankment, dumping solid hazardous material, according to the State Patrol.