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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Just before 10:00pm, a 45-year-old man driving on Highway 20 crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a vehicle driven by an 18-year-old man head-on. Both drivers sustained multiple fractures in the collision, but the 45-year-old man was knocked unconsious and had injuries that were considered life-threatening, while the 18-year-old man was conscious but still in serious condition. We will update this accident as more information is released.

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Sunday, December 14, 2014

Marieo Goodloe was driving his jeep on Highway 20 when he drove off the roadway. He was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected as the vehile overturned. He is reported dead. More information will be posted as it is released.

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Friday, November 28, 2014
Two St. Helens women killed Friday in a three-car pileup just east of Albany have been identified as Elizabeth M. Maye and Amanda J. Maye-Strawn. They were driving east on Highway 20 near Milepost 2 when Maye's 2013 Nissan Versa slowed down to make a left turn onto Goldfish Farm Road. The Nissan was struck from behind by a 1998 Dodge pickup driven by Isaiah Z. Kaneaster, 18, of Scio, and then struck head-on by a westbound 2003 Honda Odyssey. Maye, 45, and Maye-Strawn, 42, were pronounced dead at the scene. It is not confirmed at this point whether the women are related.
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Sunday, September 28, 2014

Sargent was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident occurred at 6:18 p.m., two miles north of Cusick. The cause is still under investigation, the Washington State Patol said. 

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Monday, May 26, 2014

Illinois State Police say Roger Hein, 56, crashed into a tree around 8:00 a.m. Tuesday between Stockton and Lena on Highway 20. Investigators say early reports show he may have suffered some kind of medical attack before the crash. Police are still trying to figure out what went wrong. The highway was closed for nearly ten hours.

UPDATE: A busy Stateline highway is expected to re-open soon. Police say a semi-truck driver is killed after slamming into a tree.
All lanes on U.S. Route 20 between Stockton and Lena have been closed for nearly eight hours.

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

Three people were killed and two others injured in an early morning crash Friday on Highway 20 in Skagit County. The two car head-on crash happened around 5:10 a.m. near Hamilton Cemetery Rd E in Sedro-Woolley. The dead were identified as Frederick Brand, 65, of Concrete; Nicole A. Washington, 23, of Sedro-Wooley; and Megan L. Brown, 21, of Bellingham. The injured - Alfredo Navarro Jr., 19, of Mount Vernon, and Quinnton A. Baxter, 22, of Burlington — were airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

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Saturday, May 17, 2014
A multi-vehicle crash that involved a fatality closed both lanes of Highway 20 near Santiam Summit Sunday afternoon. The crash was reported just after 1 p.m. at milepost 81. At least one person died and multiple people were injured in the crash. Officials said there was no estimate as to when the road would open and there were no reasonable detours, so drivers should avoid the area or expect long delays.
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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Two Oregon State University students were killed in a traffic crash Sunday morning on Highway 20 near Eddyville.

According to Oregon State Police, 21-year-old Abigail Patricia Emerson of Roseburg was heading eastbound on Highway 20 in a 2000 Chrevolet Impala. Around 11 a.m., the car was driving through a sharp right curve when it began to fishtail.

Emerson lost control of the vehicle and it nearly hit another car before it went off the eastbound shoulder and rolled 40 feet down an embankment. The car landed on its top in the Yaquina River and was submerged in the river.

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Sunday, April 27, 2014

An elderly driver from Colorado was killed and two Hillsboro residents in an SUV were injured in a two-vehicle crash that blocked U.S. Highway 20 near Santiam Pass, west of Sisters for over an hour Monday morning, Oregon State Police reported.

Troopers late Monday identified the woman killed in the crash as 86-year-old Deana May Igoe of Grand Junction, Colorado.

Preliminary information indicated that around 9:15 a.m., a 2008 Ford Fusion driven by Igoe was heading east on Highway 20 near milepost 82 when she lost control on the ice, troopers said.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Police have identified the 81-year-old man who was seriously injured in a crash on Highway 20 near Lebanon Thursday afternoon. Samuel Slaughter of Sweet Home suffered serious injuries in a crash involving a commercial truck pulling a semi trailer and a car. Oregon State Police said at about 1 p.m. a commercial truck pulling a semi-trailer stopped on westbound Highway 20 to wait for train to pass by so the driver could turn into a driveway.