Sprint Car Crash High Creek Boat Ramp

Rural Metro Fire - Josephine County

6/13/22, 21:35 hrs. (MERLIN) -- A night-time joy ride at the Hog Creek Boat Ramp sent the operator of a race vehicle to the hospital with moderate injuries.  Evidently the throttle stuck and the vehicle left the road, hitting a tree.  The impact and position of the vehicle required Rural Metro Fire crews to use the jaws of life to extricate the driver, by removing parts of the roll cage.  The driver was transported by AMR to Three Rivers Hospital.  The JoCo Sheriff's Office is investigating further. 

Even with the roll cage, injuries would have likely been less-serious had a helmet also been used.

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