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Crook County Sheriff's Office vehicle accident
A local sheriff's deputy was involved in a rollover accident on their way to help someone in a prior rollover crash east of Prineville.
On Friday morning, at about 10:21 a.m., the Crook County Sheriff's Office, the Oregon State Police and Crook County Fire and Rescue responded to a report of a single vehicle rollover on Highway 26 East at mile post 45.
While responding to the report of the crash, one of the Deputies lost control of the patrol vehicle they were operating near mile post 38. The patrol vehicle crossed the center line into the oncoming lane, then crossed back into the eastbound lane where it left the road. The patrol vehicle rolled one time and came to a rest on its top.
The Deputy was transported by ambulance to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Prineville where he was released a short time later.
The other responding Deputies and the Oregon State Trooper located the crash that was originally reported at mile post 45 and determined the occupants had been uninjured and had left the scene prior to law enforcement arrival.
Road and weather conditions contributed to both the original reported crash and the crash involving the Deputy.
