On November 3, 2021, around 6:23 P.M., OSP was dispatched to a blocking single-vehicle rollover on Highway 20 near milepost 244. A Ford F-150, that was towing a stock trailer loaded with a cow, lost control, causing the vehicle and trailer to roll multiple times. The driver, Calvin Hiatt (43) of Vale, Oregon, was Lifeflighted to a trauma center in Boise, where he succumbed to his injuries. The two juvenile passengers were transported to an area hospital.
The cow in the trailer survived the crash. Bixby & Sons towed both vehicles from the scene. OSP was assisted by Malheur County Sherriff’s Office, Vale Ambulance, and the Oregon Department of Transportation.