Collision injures Sisters man

A Sisters man suffered serious injuries after his Ford Taurus was "T-boned" by an oncoming Jeep Cherokee on Cloverdale Road on Friday, October 3.

According to a sheriff's deputy and witnesses on the scene, Lyle Jacobs, an elderly man, appeared to have stopped at the Jordan Road intersection with Cloverdale Road, then pulled out in front of the northbound Jeep, driven by Sisters area resident Janet Zuelke.

Zuelke tried to swerve and avoid a collision, but ended up striking Jacobs' Taurus broadside.

However, her evasive action may have saved Jacobs' life. The Jeep's left front corner punched into the Taurus's side behind the driver's door, hitting the pillar in the center of the car and the rear door.

Cloverdale and Sisters firefighters and paramedics extracted Jacobs through the passenger door of the vehicle. Jacobs' passenger, his wife Faye was not hurt.

Jacobs was transported by ambulance to St. Charles Medical Center, suffering from five broken ribs, a punctured lung and a lacerated spleen.

He remained in stable condition on Monday.