Eugene, OR – A crash involving a pickup truck and a semitruck on Prairie Road left one driver severely injured Monday afternoon, authorities said.
According to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and fire personnel responded to the scene at Prairie Road and Irvington Road around 3 p.m. on March 18. A preliminary investigation found that the driver of a silver 2004 Nissan Frontier failed to stop at a stop sign while traveling westbound on Irvington Road. The pickup was then struck by a red 2006 Kenworth log truck heading north on Prairie Road.
Emergency responders transported the pickup driver to a nearby hospital with severe injuries. The driver of the log truck was uninjured and cooperated with the investigation…