Semi truck crashes through fence onto Columbia Park golf course
A 65-year-old Richland truck driver drove off Highway 240, slamming through a fence and into a tree on the Columbia Park golf course Wednesday afternoon.
The driver was hauling a scissor lift east on the highway about 2 p.m. when he possibly suffered a medical issue near Edison Street, Washington State Patrol Trooper Daniel Mosqueda told The Tri-City Herald.
The driver drifted to the right, before overcorrecting and cutting across the median and the westbound lanes of the highway, WSP troopers at the scene told the Herald.
The semi missed other drivers, continued off the road, through a fence and sideswiped a tree before stopping on the 6th hole of the course.
Omar Rodriguez of Pasco was golfing in the area when he heard a loud crash. He and other golfers found the driver inside the wrecked truck and got him out and into a golf cart.
He was taken to a local hospital by Kennewick firefighters, Mosqueda said.
The crash snarled traffic on Highway 240 and Columbia Park Trail, but golfers later continued playing around the truck.
No other cars were hit, and no one on the golf course was hurt.
This story was originally published November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM.