BAKER COUNTY – Despite advances in freeway security and automotive design, violent, usually deadly crashes nonetheless happen with relative frequency. Sometimes, the casualties of those incidents should not folks, however relatively home animals that occur to be within the fallacious place on the fallacious time. A recent, and relatively violent, crash close to Baker City sadly resulted within the dying of a single canine that was driving alongside. Thankfully, no different fatalities had been reported.
The incident particularly took place on Monday, March 10, at roughly 4:10 a.m. alongside I-84 Eastbound close to milepost 309, roughly 5 miles southeast of Baker City. The full Oregon State Police description of the incident is as follows:
“The Oregon State Police had been dispatched to a single automobile rollover crash involving a Chevy Trailblazer. The Trailblazer left 1-84 (EB) by means of the left shoulder and started rolling within the median. It shouldn’t be clear what number of instances the automobile rolled. There was a canine within the automobile which was ejected and in the end died on scene.
The automobile got here to an uncontrolled relaxation within the median partially wrapped up within the cable barrier. It was unclear to the Trooper what number of toes of cable barrier was broken throughout this occasion. The responding Trooper was suggested the male driver was probably DUII, The driver was transported by floor ambulance to Saint Alphonsus Hospital in Baker City, Oregon to be handled. The Trooper requested a non-preference tow to take away the Trailblazer and Blue Mountain Towing responded to the scene to take away the automobile and the canine.
The Trooper utilized for and was granted a search warrant to gather blood samples from the motive force. The Trooper collected the blood samples from the hospital and secured them into proof. The driver was cited for DUII, Open Container & Failure to Maintain Lane. The driver’s girlfriend was supplied the knowledge relating to the situation of the automobile and the canine so they may make preparations to say each.”
The driver of the automobile was recognized by OSP as Jason Lee Hansen of New Plymouth Idaho. He was cited and cleared by OSP for DUII- Intoxicants.
