OSP Cited GP Man for Causing Freeway Pileup Due to Reckless Driving
The Oregon State Police arrested a Grants Pass man for causing a multi-vehicle pileup on Interstate 5 in the north part of the city late yesterday.
OSP reports troopers and emergency crews responded to the three-vehicle crash in the northbound lanes of I-5 near milepost 58 on Wednesday at 5:35 p.m..
Troopers said the 59-year-old Grants Pass motorist was driving a Dodge Ram 1500 pickup near the north city exit with another pickup and two semi-trucks pulling trailers following behind him. Witnesses stated the man appeared to be upset by not being able to make it over to take the exit, so he stopped the pickup in the middle of the freeway.
This caused another Dodge Ram pickup driven by another Grants Pass man to abruptly stop, which caused a Freightliner semi to rear-end the Dodge and a Kenworth semi to rear-end the Freightliner. No one was hurt and only one of the vehicles sustained enough damage to require towing.
According to OSP, the suspect vehicle took the exit into downtown Grants Pass without stopping.
The at-fault driver was later identified, contacted and issued a criminal citation for Reckless Driving.
Posted on 4/4/24 11:35AM by Sam Marsh
