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FATAL CRASH ON HIGHWAY 20 IN MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON

Fatal Crash

MALHEUR COUNTY, OR (November 4, 2021) - The Oregon State Police Is reporting that on Wednesday, 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:

  • Mahler County Sherriff’s Office
  • Vale Ambulance
  • Oregon Department of Transportation

 

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