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Oregon State Police thank Marine in full dress uniform
Oregon State Police said Marine in full dress uniform stopped at serious-injury Hwy. 97 crash, rendered first aid after memorial service for Pfc. Thomas Tucker. You just got to know that police, fireman, EMS, State Troopers were at the furneral. They so support our troops. So good that Marine was there.Two people were seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon on Highway 97 south of Madras, Oregon State Police said. Troopers offered special thanks to a U.S. Marine who stopped to provide first aid as he returned from the Redmond memorial service for Army Pfc. Thomas Tucker. The crash occurred around 3:45 p.m., at Highway 97 and Jericho Road, about 15 miles south of Madras. The collision shut Highway 97 for about 70 minutes, at a time when a procession of up to 300 vehicles was heading north from Redmond to Tucker's funeral at a Madras cemetery. A 1991 Ford Escort four-door station wagon driven by Michael Conklin of Madras was trying to cross the highway eastbound on Jericho Road, according to OSP Sr. Trooper Terry Miller. As it drove between two stopped southbound vehicles to cross the northbound lane, it was struck in the passenger side by a northbound 2002 Honda Accord two-door driven by Steve A. Santos, 36, of southeast Portland, Miller said. After that impact, the Escort struck a stopped southbound 2005 Subaru Outback station wagon, the trooper said. Conklin, seriously injured, reportedly was taken by ambulance to Mountain View Hospital in Madras, Miller said. A male passenger, whom troopers had not identified, also was seriously injured and was flown by Air Life helicopter to St. Charles Medical Center-Bend. Trooper Miller said a Marine traveling in the area, identified as Kevin Houser (with no age or hometown provided) stopped and was instrumental in providing first aid until medical personnel could arrive. Santos and his passenger, Peter J. Citrano of Anchorage, Alaska, were not hurt. The Escort and Accord were totaled in the crash, while the Subaru received minor damage. The Subaru's two occupants, Richard and Mary Bradley of Gresham, were not taken to the hospital, but Mary Bradley reportedly suffered minor injuries, Miller said. Conklin reportedly was driving with a suspended license, Miller said, but no enforcement action had been taken at the time of the OSP press release. Posted by: Sherry 2006-07-02 |
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