La Grande, Ore. = Yesterday at about 7:26AM OSP Troopers responded to the report of a rollover crash on I-84 near Milepost 259 involving a commercial motor vehicle loaded with lumber.
Preliminary information is that a 1999 Western Star Tractor pulling two flatbed trailers loaded with lumber was traveling eastbound on I-84 when it began to negotiate a sweeping left curve. The operator, 54 year old Dennis MCMURRAY of Troutdale, lost control of the vehicle which resulted on it rolling over onto it’s driver side and sliding on the roadway for approximately 500 feet before coming to a stop.
The load of lumber spilled across all lanes of travel.
The interstate was closed for hours in order to remove the wreckage and the lumber and to inspect a bridge support that was struck. ODOT created an eastbound detour during this time. OSP was assisted by the Union County Sheriff’s Office and the Oregon Department of Transportation.
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