The Dalles Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon November 16, 1952 POLICE CAR HIT; TWO ARE INJURED Two persons were injured early Saturday in a rear-end collision involving the Dalles City Police departments new prowl car on the Columbia River highway opposite State Police headquarters. Under treatment in The Dalles hospital for head injuries received as a result of the collision is Police Sgt. Keith Palmer. The passenger in the other car involved in the accident, Willard Fisher of Hood River, was treated for head and other injuries. At liberty on $100 bail is Larry Lee Lyons of Hood River, He is charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The police report by Palmer and Patrolman Fred Kaufman gave the following account to the accident: The police car was parked on the north shoulder of the highway with Kaufman behind the wheel and Sgt. Palmer beside him about 1:45 a.m. Saturday. They had stopped to question a 16-year-old boy, who had been allowed to proceed. The westbound car driven by Lyons struck the police car, shoving it ahead a distance of 65 feet and off the road down a 10-foot bank. Both police officers rode the car down the rocky bank to the bottom, Kaufman holding on to the wheel and Palmer unable to keep from bouncing in the plunging vehicle. Ironically, the accident took place across the road from state police headquarters and several state officers appeared as witnesses when Lyons was arrested by the bruised city policemen. Saturdays accident marked the second time in two years that a new patrol car has been damaged in an accident. Last years new car was damaged when its driver took to the ditch on the Columbia River highway in order to avoid a collision. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm 150th Anniversary of founding of Fort Dalles, May 20, 2000 For details telephone: 541-296-4547