Authorities say the highway mountain, which includes 100 vehicles, including large rigs, is heading towards a destructive stop during a nasty whiteout snowstorm on Thursday. I crushed it.
A series of collisions caused an SUV fire, closing parts of Interstate 84, where many drivers and passengers were trapped in vehicles late in the morning. I said.
Photos posted online by law enforcement showed the SUV burned from top to bottom, although all residents escaped safely.
The first responder also went from car to car in search of a victim in need. Several injuries have been reported, but it is unclear how many people were injured on Thursday afternoon.
“Most of the reported crashes are injuries or minor injuries,” an Oregon State Police spokesman said. According to Katu. “At this point, there are no fatal or even known injuries.”
The couple, caught up in the pileup, said they couldn't avoid the wreckage.
“The visibility was very low by the time we reached the stopped traffic,” one traveler told Katu.
“We tried to stop it. We hit a semi-truck and another passenger truck, where we were stuck for a minute.
“We heard someone else crashed behind us, so we decided to go ahead and go between the semi-truck and the median.”
The conditions were very dangerous for the Oregon Department of Transportation. The highway was closed A stretch of approximately 50 miles between the two cities in both directions between Lagrande and Baker City.
“The closure is due to snowstorms and drifts with viewing below 500 feet,” the state DOT wrote before reopening that section later.
