ORONDO — Crews were preparing to pull a tractor- trailer out of the Columbia River Thursday morning after it veered off Highway 97 into the water about 13 miles north of Orondo.
Driver, Conda Reddy, 71, was heading northbound at about 1:13 a.m. by milepost 227 when the truck went off of the road and into the Columbia River, said Washington State Patrol spokesman John Bryant.
Reddy got out of the truck and started climbing up the river’s bank before rescue crews arrived, Bryant said. First responders took Reddy to Lake Chelan Community Hospital.
On-scene State Patrol reported Reddy to be in stable condition, but shaken-up with a possible concussion, Bryant said.
