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Baker's Vehicle
Baker's Vehicle
Motor Vehicle Crash Closes Southbound Parkway (Photo) - 08/11/18

Date: Friday, August 10, 2018                                                                         

Case # 2018- 246954                         

Date and Time of Incident: August 11, 2018 at 01:30 am   

Type of Incident:  Motor Vehicle Crash

Location of Incident:  Southbound Parkway at Revere Street

Charges: DUII, Reckless Driving, Reckless Endangering,

Driver vehicle 1:

Hannah Rebecca Baker                  28 year old                        Bend resident

Driver vehicle #2:

Jaspreet Singh                             37 year old                        Sacramento, CA resident

Narrative:

On August 11, at 1:30 am officers with the Bend Police Department, Deschutes County Sheriff's Office, the Oregon State Police and the Bend Fire and Rescue responded to the area of the southbound Parkway near Revere Street for the report of a motor vehicle crash. Initial information included the crash was a head on collision between a passenger car and a tractor-trailer truck.

During the investigation, officers learned Hannah Baker was driving a Saturn Vue passenger car. Baker was traveling north on the Parkway in the southbound lane when she collided with a semi truck operated by Jaspreet Singh.  Singh was able to swerve to avoid a head-on collision with Baker but his truck was still struck and disabled by Baker's vehicle.

Both drivers were evaluated at the scene by paramedics and neither required further medical attention.  Both lanes of the southbound parkway were closed for approximately an hour and a half during the investigation.

Baker was arrested for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants, Reckless Driving, and Reckless Endangering and transported to the Deschutes County Jail.

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