Emergency services respond Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, on Highway 74 about 12 miles from Ione for a semitrailer that crashed while hauling a windmill blade.
IONE — A semitrailer hauling a windmill blade crashed Monday afternoon, Feb. 28, in Morrow County.
Oregon State Police reported a Kenworth semitrailer was heading west at about 3:15 p.m. on Highway 74 when it took a curve too wide near milepost 15 about 12 miles from Ione. The rig went over the shoulder of the freeway and rolled.
The trailer itself was so long it had its own operator, OSP reported, and neither the truck’s driver nor the trailer operator reported they knew how the crash occurred.
The driver, a 56-year-old man from Wausau, Wisconsin, suffered injuries. An ambulance took him …
... more [truncated due to possible copyright]Emergency services respond Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, on Highway 74 about 12 miles from Ione for a semitrailer that crashed while hauling a windmill blade.
IONE — A semitrailer hauling a windmill blade crashed Monday afternoon, Feb. 28, in Morrow County.
Oregon State Police reported a Kenworth semitrailer was heading west at about 3:15 p.m. on Highway 74 when it took a curve too wide near milepost 15 about 12 miles from Ione. The rig went over the shoulder of the freeway and rolled.
The trailer itself was so long it had its own operator, OSP reported, and neither the truck’s driver nor the trailer operator reported they knew how the crash occurred.
The driver, a 56-year-old man from Wausau, Wisconsin, suffered injuries. An ambulance took him to a local hospital.
OSP also reported the windmill blade company arranged its own tow.