Truck crashes into McChord AFB gate

By KOMO Staff

Summary

A pickup truck crashed at high speed into a gate at McChord Air Force Base on Thursday morning, base officials said. The driver was whisked to the hospital.

Story Published: Jul 2, 2009 at 2:34 PM PST

Story Updated: Jul 2, 2009 at 2:34 PM PST

Truck crashes into McChord AFB gate

The impact of the crash pushed a security barrier back 20 feet.

TACOMA, Wash. - A pickup truck crashed at high speed into a gate at McChord Air Force Base on Thursday morning, base officials said. The driver was whisked to the hospital.

Air Force Master Sgt. Dean Miller said emergency crews and Air Force security personnel responded to the scene just before 10 a.m.

He said the pickup struck a concrete barrier at the gate that leads into the base housing area housing off Gravelly Lake Drive.

Security officers who witnessed the incident at the gate say the the truck was travelling at a high rate of speed prior to the impact, which pushed the heavy concrete barrier back about 20 feet.

Security officers found an unconscious man inside the pickup. He was transported by medics to Tacoma General Hospital.