Life Flight Called To Canby Crash for Four Victims

There were five people in the car, but the fifth was able to walk away from the scene, getting his own ride to the hospital.

This single car accident happened Monday night near Canby. Photo: Canby Fire

(CANBY) - Four people were taken to area trauma centers by Lifeflight after the car they were in crashed Monday night on Hwy 170 at South Good Lane.

Canby Fire units were dispatched to the single car Motor Vehicle Crash at about 9:00 PM. When responders arrived they identified four victims in a compact car; all sustaining serious injuries.

Life Flight was activated along with additional ambulances to transport all the injured victims.

One rear-seat passenger required heavy extrication to remove him from the twisted wreckage. The patients names and ages were not available at the time of this report.

All four patients were transported to area Trauma Centers.

A fifth occupant in the vehicle fled the scene. Once rescuers finished treating and transporting the initial four victims they conducted searches of the immediate filbert orchards using both flashlights as well as thermal imaging cameras. The fifth victim's friend later called the dispatch center to advise rescuers that he had walked from the scene and was being transported to the hospital by either friends or family.

This accident is being investigated by Canby Police.

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