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Caleb E. Lynn, 22, and Danielle Shea, 42, killed in single-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 20 in Harney County, Oregon

Date: 
Friday, September 25, 2015
Area: 
Portland, OR

Gary Ramsey, Jr., 49, and Billy Yutzie, 67, killed in head-on collision between Jaguar and van on Highway 20 in Albany, Oregon

Date: 
Friday, May 29, 2015
Area: 
Portland, OR
Gary Ramsey, Jr., 49, of Boring, was driving the Jaguar when it crossed the centerline on Highway 20 near Albany and collided head-on with a Dodge Van driven by Billy Yutzie, 67, of Albany. Both men died. Authorities believe Yutzie was not wearing a seat belt. The cause of the crash is under investigation.  What you need to know after a serious car accident:

Elizabeth M. Maye, 45, and Amanda J. Maye-Strawn, 42, killed in rear-end car accident with driver Isaiah Z. Kaneaster, 18, on Highway 20 in Albany, Oregon

Date: 
Friday, November 28, 2014
Area: 
Portland, OR
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.

Joshua James Shepherd dead and several others injured in accident on Highway 20 in Jefferson County, Oregon on May 18.

Date: 
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Area: 
Portland, OR
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.

Abigail Patricia Emerson, 21, and Christopher J. Kazanski, 24, killed in car accident on Highway 20 near Eddyville on May 4.

Date: 
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Area: 
Portland, OR

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.

Deana May Igoe, 86, killed, Sara Stamey, 56, Winston Saunders, 57, seriously injured, transported to hospital, after a car and SUV collide on Highway 20 near Santiam Pass.

Date: 
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Area: 
Portland, OR

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.

Samuel Slaughter, 81, seriously injured after his car rear-ends a tractor-trailer stopped at a train crossing on Highway 20 near Lebanon, Oregon

Date: 
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Area: 
Portland, OR
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.

Motorcyclist killed, after crashing into the rear of a pickup on Highway 20, near Burnt Woods.

Date: 
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Area: 
Portland, OR
A man died in motorcycle accident outside Burnt Woods Monday after he slammed into the back of a pickup truck. At approximately noon, the man was on his motorcycle headed east along Highway 20 just west of Burnt Woods. According to witnesses, he passed a vehicle and moved back into the eastbound lane, said Oregon State Police. Just after he returned to his lane, the motorcycle driver slammed into the back of a pickup truck that was pulling into a driveway. The man was ejected and died on the scene. His name was not immediately released, said police.

Maureen Lucas seriously injured, James Jones, Janice Hancock injured in 3 car crash on Highway 20.

Date: 
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Area: 
Eugene, OR

Emergency crews pulled an injured driver from her SUV Friday night in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 20 near Philomath, deputies said.

Around 8 p.m., 60-year-old James Jones of Waldport was heading east on the highway, towing a tractor in his Chevy pickup truck, when for some reason, he crossed the center line and slammed head-on into 52-year-old Janice Hancock in her Honda CRV, said the Benton County Sheriff’s Office.

Then, 60-year-old Maureen Lucas, who was driving behind Hancock, sideswiped Jones before all three vehicles came to rest.

Christopher H. Johanson killed, Matthew A. Dreyer seriously injured when pickup leaves roadway and rolls over.

Date: 
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Area: 
Bend, OR

Oregon State Police continues to investigate a fatal crash Sunday afternoon along Highway 20 east of Bend that killed one man and seriously injured another.

The accident occurred around 4:30 p.m., when a 1998 Dodge pickup driven by Matthew A. Dreyer, 35, of Star, Idaho, was negotiating a curve along westbound on Highway 20 near milepost 31. The truck traveled off the side of the highway and when Dreyer over-corrected, trying to bring it back under control, the pickup rolled repeatedly, said OSP Lieutenant Gregg Hastings.