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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.
Authorities have identified the Oregon motorcycle rider who died after a high speed crash on the highway in Salem.
Oregon State Police say 53-year old David Leary Schneller of Tualatin lost control of his Harley Davidson bike Friday night while passing other vehicles on Interstate 5 at about 90 to 95 miles per hour.
A state trooper who witnessed the crash saw the rider being ejected from the motorcycle as it crashed in the center northbound lane.
Oregon State Police say a 50-year-old man who was killed after he walked into the path of traffic on Interstate 5 near Roseburg had an apparent history of mental illness.
Charles P. Earwood, of Roseburg, was struck Saturday afternoon by a commercial truck driving northbound on the highway, said Lt. Gregg Hastings, a state police spokesman. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash near milepost 126.
The pickup truck involved in a fatal crash on Interstate 5 south of Eugene had been stolen in the Portland area.
Oregon State Police say the pickup hit a disabled semi-truck on the shoulder Tuesday morning.
A passenger in the pickup died at the scene. She was identified as 22-year-old Christina Marie Armstrong. KVAL reports she had recently moved to Portland from Cape Coral, Florida.