There are plenty of ways an inmate can get their sentence shortened, getting hit by a semi truck is not one of the more favorable ones. On February 11, three female inmates working on the side of Interstate 5 in Wilsonville, Oregon were struck and injured when a commercial truck crashed into a ditch, according to state police.
Maybe the strangest part of an already fairly strange story, is the reason reported for the truck driver’s mishap. According to a report at KGW.com, 44-year-old Edwin Gagarin choked on coffee and passed out while driving. His truck then sideswiped the inmates and then crashed into a cable barrier and landed in a ditch.
Otherwise, Gagarin was driving his truck southbound in the right lane at a normal speed of about 55 mph before he said he passed out.