Columbia County Sheriff’s Office

Well, I was taken into custody for writing really wicked mad Unilocal… I wish this were true. ACTUALLY, my experience with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Dept. was due to a vehicle accident.
I was in the snowy mountains of the Blue Mountains with my brother, his girlfriend, and my two dogs. We had just finished a nice snow shoeing trip (
). After feeling a bit tuckered from an awesome snow workout, we were all ready to hit Waitsburg and check out some of their cool establishments. We hopped in my truck, and slowly left the Sno-​Park.
Johnny Cash was playing on my iPod, and during this track, I took a leftward curve in the road and felt a little slip on the road. For a second or two we slid toward the UP-​side of the hill, but the road then curved to the right, and this is when I lost it. We were now sliding full on toward the downside of the hill to the valley creek below. I had no control, and the edge of the road quickly approached. The Johnny Cash song was still playing.
The nose of the vehicle went down first and the butt-​end swung forward (rotating us 180deg). Then we rolled 2 – 3 times down the hill (40−50ft below). We were fine and eventually all climbed up the snowy hill to the road above. Passersby were flagged, and 911 was called.
The Sheriff arrived super-​quick — a huge feat since there were only three officers on shift in the whole county at the time, and we were in the back country. The sheriff was very helpful and super nice. My brother (a cop as well) helped the Deputy with making the area safe — laying out flares and eventually directing traffic. EMTs arrived soon thereafter as well as a tow truck.
A scary part which re-​pumped the adrenaline was when a truck pulling a snow mobile trailer barreled around the corner (the flares had fizzled out). It narrowly missed the tow truck and the rest of us on the road.
The sheriff let my brother’s girlfriend & my dogs hang out in his heated cruiser/​SUV for the whole time. After my mangled «pony» was pulled onto the street, I went to check up on my bro’s g-​friend and the dogs. The door closed behind me, and I was then stuck in the back (so, THAT’S why it’s hard for criminals to book from the back seat of a cop car!) :)
The Sheriff gave us all a ride back down to Dayton (20 miles away), and we were allowed to stay at the Sheriff’s station until our ride from the Tri-​Cities arrived.
Many thanks to the Deputies who responded to the scene. Columbia County is in good hands.