SPOKANE — A Spokane County Public Works employee was seriously injured after the truck he was driving collided with a train Thursday in Otis Orchards.
Spokane County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the crash at about 10:45 a.m. on Lynden Road, south of Wellesley Avenue, according to a sheriff’s office news release.
Spokane Valley Fire Department personnel treated the employee, a man who had what appeared to be life-threatening injuries, before he was airlifted to a hospital, deputies said. He was not identified in the release.
The man was listed in critical but stable condition, according to the Thursday afternoon release.