Advanced Search
Date:
Sunday, February 23, 2014Crashes caused by freezing rain and icy road conditions closed lanes on Interstate 84 west of Pendleton on Monday morning.
One of the crashes involved a FedEx trailer that split open at 6 a.m., spilling freight and blocking eastbound traffic, according to Oregon State Police. A commercial truck traveling behind the FedEx trailer also crashed. Neither driver was injured.
The left eastbound lane is now open for traffic while workers continue to pick up debris and clear the scene.
Date:
Wednesday, February 19, 2014A Weston, Ore., man has died of the injuries he suffered last week in a Umatilla County traffic accident.
According to Oregon State Police, Montana Rex Batterton, 19, died Tuesday of the injuries he received in accident that took place last Thursday evening along Oregon 204, about two miles east of Oregon 11. Batterton had been taken to Providence St. Mary’s Medical Center in Walla Walla after the accident and then was transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.