Crash on Highway 97 damages three patrol cars and fire truck [UPDATED]
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A Klamath County Fire District 1 truck, #3114, was hit by two Commercial Motor Vehicles on Highway 97 in Klamath Falls after responding to an earlier crash involving a semi and SUV. There was no reported injuries. (Image: Klamath County Fire District 1)
Damaged KFPD patrol vehicles were struck by two semi trucks while responding to an earlier crash. (Image by Diego Morales)
UPDATED 3:32 PM, 12/14/2020 to include additional photos by the Oregon State Police.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - At approximately 8:43 AM, Saturday, December 12, 2020, three Klamath Falls City Police patrol vehicles and one Klamath County Fire District 1 engine were hit by two Commercial Motor Vehicles on US Highway 97.
The first responders had been investigating a motor vehicle crash between a semi-truck and an SUV near Dan O’Brien Way.
All vehicles were parked along the side of Highway 97; when two additional semi-trucks traveling southbound crashed into the parked vehicles.
According to the Oregon State Police, the first semi collided with one patrol car and struck the fire engine, and further failed to stop at the accident scene. The second semi collided with all three patrol vehicles and the fire engine but remained on scene.
No injuries were reported regarding either crash.
As of the time of this article, the semi-truck that fled the scene has not been located.
