Winter is coming.
There is a good chance, in fact, that last weekendâs light dusting in the Pendleton area was but just a preview of Mother Natureâs annual slide into winter. Bad weather conditions, however, in the Burnt River Canyon east of Baker City closed Interstate 84 for about four hours on Sunday, Dec. 13, after several commercial trucks crashed on the snow-slickened freeway, providing an instant reminder that driving habits need to adjust with the changing of the season.
Interstate 84 has a history of bad crashes in winter â the 2012 charter bus crash that killed nine people on Cabbage Hill, the 26-vehicle predawn pileup that injured 12 in 2015 just east of Baker City â are but just a couple of recent examples.