RUFUS, Ore. (AP) — A California commercial truck driver was killed in an unusual accident early Thursday on Interstate 84 near Rufus.
Oregon State Police say the 48-year-old had stopped to look for an axle and two tires that came off the truck.
As he was walking along the freeway shoulder, a pickup truck hit the axle, knocking it into him. He then went over a guardrail and fell about 200 feet down an embankment where he was found dead.
The pickup driver was not injured.
