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Truck overturns, spills 4 tons of slime eels on Highway 101 in Depoe Bay, Oregon

Date: 
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Area: 
Portland, OR

Adriana Star Ruiz, 23, killed, after her car leaves the U.S. 101 roadway near Depoe Bay at a high rate of speed, and crashes down a 250 foot cliff.

Date: 
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Area: 
Portland, OR

A woman--who witnesses said drove an SUV off a 250-foot cliff from a U.S. 101 turnout Wednesday--was identified as a 23-year Lincoln City resident.

An OSP spokesman, said that at 8:40 a.m. a southbound driver saw a 2008 Saturn Vue driven by Adriana Star Ruiz pass their car at a high rate of speed, travel through the turnout and over the cliff.

The SUV was spotted resting 250-feet below on rocks near the surf line below the highway just north of the Otter Crest Loop Road, about 4 miles south of Depoe Bay.