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A 48-year-old Dallas, Oregon man died in a fiery crash on Interstate 5 south of Wilsonville Friday.

Lt. Gregg Hastings, an Oregon State Police spokesman, said a northbound 1993 Buick Regal went off the road near Milepost 281, about three miles south of Wilsonville, around 11:55 a.m.

He said the car went through the shoulder, through grass for about 200 feet and crashed into a tree. The car then burst into flames.

The driver, identified as Emuel James Smothers, died at the scene. Hastings said the crash remains under investigation.