Two Klamath Falls cheerleaders injured in crash
This is a press release courtesy of the Oregon State Police Two Henley High School cheerleaders were injured, one seriously, when their vehicle was struck by a commercial truck as they were turning off Highway 39 into a high school parking lot.
On July 24, 2008 at about 8:15 a.m. a 1989 Chevrolet Suburban driven by Celia Zalunardo, age 16, from Klamath Falls, was southbound on Highway 39 near milepost 3 when it attempted to turn left into a Henley High School parking lot. The Suburban turned in front of a northbound 1987 Peterbuilt truck pulling a trailer loaded with wood chips and was struck in the passenger side. Zalunardo received minor injury and was transported by ambulance to Sky Lakes Medical Center. Passenger Elizabeth Rico, age 14, from Klamath Falls, was seriously injured and has been taken by air ambulance to St. Charles Medical Center in Bend. Both were using safety restraints. The truck's driver, Kenneth Russell, age 46, from Alturas, California, was using safety restraints and wasn't injured. Oregon State Police troopers from the Klamath Falls Area Command office are continuing the investigation. Klamath County Fire District I, ODOT, and Merrill Police Department assisted at the scene along with the school's high school football coach who was the first on scene. |
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