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SUTHERLIN: One car crashed and traffic was slowed for a couple of hours Monday morning after a semitruck driver accidentally dumped a load of rocks on Interstate 5.
Jeremy C. Horn, 30, of Roseburg was driving the 1998 Peterbilt truck when he attempted to apply the Jake Brake and instead released the door to the belly dump around 6 a.m., according to an Oregon State Police report.
The trailer released about 10 cubic yards worth of 3- to 5-inch rocks across both lanes for about 250 feet.
Horn continued on to his job site, apparently unaware of what had happened. He returned to the scene once he realized the truck no longer had a full load, according to the report.
In the meantime, a 1998 Volvo driven by Fiona M. Johnson, 52, of Harbor, Wash., hit the rocks in the slow lane and lost control.
The Volvo slid off the road onto the east shoulder and onto the embankment. No injuries were reported.
Oregon Department of Transportation crews responded to clean up the rock. They cleared the fast lane, but kept the slow lane closed until about 9:30 a.m., an ODOT spokesman said.
Jeremy C. Horn, 30, of Roseburg was driving the 1998 Peterbilt truck when he attempted to apply the Jake Brake and instead released the door to the belly dump around 6 a.m., according to an Oregon State Police report.
The trailer released about 10 cubic yards worth of 3- to 5-inch rocks across both lanes for about 250 feet.
Horn continued on to his job site, apparently unaware of what had happened. He returned to the scene once he realized the truck no longer had a full load, according to the report.
In the meantime, a 1998 Volvo driven by Fiona M. Johnson, 52, of Harbor, Wash., hit the rocks in the slow lane and lost control.
The Volvo slid off the road onto the east shoulder and onto the embankment. No injuries were reported.
Oregon Department of Transportation crews responded to clean up the rock. They cleared the fast lane, but kept the slow lane closed until about 9:30 a.m., an ODOT spokesman said.
