A tragic incident occurred on the night of Saturday, April 5, when a vehicular collision claimed the life of an elderly driver on Interstate 84, Baker County. According to Oregon State Police, the accident happened near milepost 345 and involved a Chevrolet Tahoe and a Volvo commercial motor vehicle with a trailer. The Chevrolet, stopped in the slow lane for reasons that remain unclear, was rear-ended by the Volvo.
As reported by Oregon State Police, the driver of the Tahoe, identified as 85-year-old John Carl Allyn from Baker City, sustained injuries that led to his transport to an area hospital by LifeFlight. Despite the efforts to save him, Mr. Allyn was later pronounced dead. Operating the Volvo, Anatolii Gulei, 36, of Vancouver (WA), reportedly emerged from the collision unscathed.
The aftermath of the crash had significant repercussions, with the incident closing the roadway for approximately six hours during the investigation. Police have continued to delve into the sequence of events that precipitated the fatal crash, in order to bring clarity to the circumstances that led to the standstill of the Chevrolet and its subsequent tragic encounter.
In the assistance of OSP during the on-scene activities, Baker Fire and ODOT were instrumental. The disruption, spanning a stretch of nighttime hours, was an exhaustive effort to unravel the incident's cause that currently remains under official investigation.
