A man in a Silverado was crushed between 2 semis and he had minor injuries.(Photo)

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Last edited Sun Jan 18, 2015, 03:27 PM - Edit history (1)

Sometimes a picture says it all.

For Kaleb Whitby, the picture says a little too much.

He'd rather not think about it — the semi-trucks flattening his Chevy Silverado like a panini press.

Amid the tangled steel after the predawn crash near Baker City sat Whitby: intact, trapped and full of questions.

"Thank God that I'm still alive," Whitby said. "Now I've got to go figure out why."
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More than 100 people were involved in the Saturday morning pileup on Interstate 84, about 33 miles east of Baker City. At least three separate collisions involving more than 20 vehicles, most of them semi-trucks, injured a dozen people.

All 12 were initially treated at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Baker City. The most severely injured was transferred to OHSU Hospital in Portland and listed in critical condition. Six others remained hospitalized Saturday afternoon: Two were in stable condition in Baker City, and four were transferred to a sister hospital in Boise.

Black ice, heavy winds, fog and cold weather combined into what were extremely hazardous conditions.
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http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/01/interstate_84_semi-truck_crash_1.html

Jeebus!

[SunSeeker]

1. Wow

[JaneyVee]

2. WHOA!

Probably his best selfie ever.

[Frustratedlady]

3. I saw a similar but smaller thing happen to a sports car that was sitting behind me at a stop sign.

While waiting for the light to change, I felt my car moving. Strange sensation. Then, it moved again. I looked in the rear view mirror and there was a semi idling and inching forward toward my car...he thought. He obviously didn't see the sports car between us. The passenger in the sports car jumped in the back seat for more room and the driver jumped out of the car and waved his arms at the semi driver. The driver jumped down out of his cab and was extremely apologetic. It was one of those semis where the driver is right inside the windshield...no nose/hood to it at all. Unless he leaned forward and looked down, he wouldn't have seen the low sports car. It all ended well, but there was some damage to the trunk of the sports car. The light changed and I proceeded on, but they were still checking out the damage.