I-84 Crash: Minor Injuries For 3 People Involved In Semi VS Chevy

CORBETT, OR — Three people sustained only minor injuries when a semitrailer struck a Chevrolet Tahoe on the shoulder of Interstate-84 near Milepost 23, east of Corbett, Monday evening. Oregon State Police were dispatched to the crash just around 5:15 p.m. Jan. 15.

Crash investigators learned the semitrailer, a 2015 International Prostar CMV driven by 52-year-old Suzanne Brault of Quebec, Canada, was traveling west in the slow lane on I-84 when she slightly veered out of her lane as she checked her mirror.

Where she veered, police say Brault struck the rear end of a 1995 Chevy Tahoe that had ran out of gas and was parked along the shoulder. In Tahoe were Portlanders Patrick Sheehan Jr., 53, and his passenger, Addison Blackmon III, 47.

Upon impact, Brault's semitrailer also hit the guardrail and flopped onto its passenger side as it slid down the embankment toward the Columbia River shoreline, police said. Brault was reportedly hauling rolled oats.

All three sustained only minor injuries, but all three were taken to hospital for evaluation nonetheless.

ODOT officials on Tuesday afternoon announced I-84 lane closures beginning Wednesday morning.

Crews will close one westbound lane on I-84 at around 6 a.m. Jan. 17 to allow a tow company to begin pulling the semitrailer in sections from the Columbia River.

No timetable is currently available as the operation will have many ongoing variables, officials said. Commuters should expect one mile of roadway closed for most the day.

Images via Oregon Department of Transportation