At approximately 7:55 pm on January 8th, 2024 Sweet Home Fire District was dispatched to a three car motor vehicle crash on Highway 228 approximately half a mile east of Valley View Ln. Initial reports are that an eastbound pickup slid into an oncoming van, after the initial collision the pickup then collided with a four door sedan. Both the van and the pickup had significant damage, the third vehicle had less damage and that driver was not injured. Four patients were transported to local hospitals by ambulance, an additional two occupants were transported by private vehicle. The driver of the van was considered serious, but not life-threatening and all other patients, including the driver of the pickup were considered stable. Two Sweet Home medic units, one Lebanon medic unit, a command rig and a rescue unit responded to the crash. This is the second serious crash in our district today, an earlier crash sent two patients to local hospitals.
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Multiple Vehicle Crash (Photo)
