Bill Legere

Apr 4, 2024 | ktoo.org | Bill Legere |Bill Chappell

First, the good news. When a 53-foot fish tanker truck crashed and rolled upside down on an embankment next to a creek in northeast Oregon, its driver suffered only minor injuries. And as the truck came to a rest, its tank settled downhill, next to the water. That last detail was crucial for the truck’s cargo: some 102,000 spring chinook smolts, or young salmon, that had been raised in a hatchery.