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A 77-year-old man was injured Sunday evening when he lost control of his vehicle while trying to pass a commercial truck on Interstate 84 near Boardman.
Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation into Sunday evening’s single vehicle rollover crash that occurred along Interstate 84 about fifteen miles west of Boardman. The crash injured a 77-year old Tualatin man.
According to the Oregon State Police, Silverio Frias Molinero, of Tualatin, was traveling westbound around 6:10 p.m. when he lost control of his 2001 Mitsubishi Galant. The car went into the center median where it rolled before coming to a rest on its wheels more than 200 feet from where it left the highway.
Boardman Fire/EMS, Morrow County Sheriff’s Office, Gilliam County Sheriff’s Office, and OSP responded to the scene. The driver was extricated from the vehicle and transported by ground ambulance to Boardman where he was transferred by air ambulance to Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, Wash. He was later released after treatment for non-life threatening injuries.
