A Baker City man received minor injuries Monday morning after reportedly falling asleep while driving and crashing into a metal highway sign post along Interstate 84 about ten miles west of Huntington in eastern Oregon. The man was extricted and taken to a Baker City hospital for treatment of injuries.
According to Sergeant Ty Duby, on April 21, 2014 at approximately 7:30 a.m., a 1993 Geo four-door driven by HECTOR TORRES, age 25, from Baker City, was westbound on Interstate 84 near milepost 333 when the car traveled off the freeway and rolled before coming to rest against a metal highway sign post. TORRES was extricated by personnel from Huntington Fire Department and Baker City Fire/Ambulance. He was using safety restraints and was transported by ambulance to St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Baker City.
OSP troopers from the Baker City work site responded to investigate. TORRES was cited by OSP for Fail to Drive Within Lane.
ODOT assisted at the scene.
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According to Sergeant Ty Duby, on April 21, 2014 at approximately 7:30 a.m., a 1993 Geo four-door driven by HECTOR TORRES, age 25, from Baker City, was westbound on Interstate 84 near milepost 333 when the car traveled off the freeway and rolled before coming to rest against a metal highway sign post. TORRES was extricated by personnel from Huntington Fire Department and Baker City Fire/Ambulance. He was using safety restraints and was transported by ambulance to St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Baker City.
OSP troopers from the Baker City work site responded to investigate. TORRES was cited by OSP for Fail to Drive Within Lane.
ODOT assisted at the scene.
Photographs - Oregon State Police
### www.oregon.gov/OSP ###