An early morning crash on Highway 6 in Glenwood resulted in a Life Flight ride to a hospital Saturday morning.
According to Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, crews responded to the scene of a single vehicle crash next to the Glenwood Food Mart just before 4 a.m. Saturday.
After extracting the driver from the vehicle, the patient was driven to Banks’ helicopter landing pad on the patch of land formed by the Highway 6 off-ramp curve where it intersects with Main Street.
From there, a Life Flight Network helicopter transported the patient to a local trauma hospital with what Forest Grove Fire & Rescue described as “non-life threatening injuries.”
On scene, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue was assisted by the Banks Fire District and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.
Chas Hundley is the editor of the Gales Creek Journal and sister news publications the Banks Post and the Salmonberry Magazine. He grew up in Gales Creek and has a cat.