CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — A Medford man was killed late Thursday night after the semi-truck he was driving crashed into another commercial truck that had stopped in the roadway on Highway 26 near Sandy, according to the Oregon State Police.
The crash occurred at approximately 10:37 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, near milepost 31.5 on Highway 26.
A preliminary investigation found that a red Freightliner semi-truck pulling triple trailers, operated by 36-year-old Colton Wayne Adams of Bend, was traveling westbound near East Terra Fern Drive when the vehicle reportedly overheated and came to a stop in the westbound travel lane.
Authorities said a white Volvo semi-truck, also pulling triple trailers and driven by 62-year-old James Glenn Fisher of Medford, was traveling westbound when it struck the rear of the stopped Freightliner.
Fisher was pronounced dead at the scene.
Adams was not injured in the crash, according to investigators.
Highway 26 was impacted for approximately five hours while emergency crews investigated the crash and cleared the scene.
The Oregon State Police were assisted by the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, Clackamas Fire District, Hoodland Fire District, and the Oregon Department of Transportation.
The crash remains under investigation.
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