A Vancouver, Wash. man lost control of the semi tractor he was driving south on Interstate 5 Wednesday morning, Jan. 26, and took a ride through the air, winding up in the Calapooia River near Brownsville, Oregon State Police said.
According to Trooper Don Rummer, Patrick Smith, 54, was driving a 1995 Freightliner southbound on Interstate 5 in the right-hand lane. Smith had just passed under the Boston Mill overpass when, for an unknown reason,…