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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.
A 71-year-old man was killed Friday morning after a crash on Highway 138W near Elkton, Oregon State Police said.
Oregon State Police have identified David Charles Duvick, 71, of Elkon as the driver who was killed in a crash on Highway 138W Friday morning.
Oregon State Police said at about 7:50 a.m. a 2001 Chevrolet pickup truck traveling westbound crossed lanes into the eastbound lane and into a ditch where it crashed at the base of a driveway.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. He was using safety restraints, OSP said.
Oregon State Police are investigating a fatal commercial truck crash that killed a 42-year-old man.
At 11 a.m. on Thursday a 2000 Freightliner truck pulling a trailer rolled over while turning on a right curve on the southbound lanes of Oregon 47, just north of Yamhill.
The driver, Jason Alan Reynolds of Vancouver, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing safety restraints and had to be extricated from the truck, Oregon State Police said.
The trailer was transporting several hundred gallons of syrup, some of which spilled into a nearby field.
Sylvester Cooper Jr., 90, and Elizabeth Carolyn Cooper, 91, killed in crash on June 10 on Oregon 22.
A 90-year old man involved in a Tuesday afternoon accident that killed his 91-year-old wife, died Wednesday of his injuries, police said.
Sylvester Cooper Jr., from Amity, was driving west on Oregon 22 when he signaled, slowed and then began to pull across the eastbound lane when his car was hit by a van.
Cooper's wfe, Elizabeth Carolyn Cooper, died at the scene, Lt. Gregg Hastings a spokesman for the Oregon State Police said. Sylvester was taken to Salem Hospital where he died the next day.
PORTLAND -- A Vancouver teen was killed Sunday afternoon after being hit near the Greyhound bus depot in downtown Portland.
She was identified Monday as Monserrat Hernandez Garcia, 18, by the Multnomah County Medical Examiner's office.
Garcia was hit around 3:50 p.m. at Northwest 6th Avenue and Northwest Glisan Street, Portland police said. Officers said she died at the scene.
A memorial service for a teen killed in a West Linn car accident will be held on Saturday, according to a friend of the family.
Madison Higgins, 17, was fatally injured on Sunday when the car she was traveling in crashed into a power pole. Higgins and Hayden Soyk, 18, were trapped in the vehicle for two hours after the accident as crews worked to cut them out, according to Clackamas County Sheriff's deputies.
Soyk died at the scene. Higgins died the following day at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.
A bike rider hit by a pickup truck when he turned in front of the vehicle died Wednesday, Oregon State Police reported.
James Thomas Moody, 57, of Elmira was eastbound on the shoulder of Warthen Road when he crossed the traffic lane to pull into a driveway, troopers said. He was hit by an eastbound pickup truck hauling a horse trailer.
Troopers said Sandra L. Faulhaber, 63, of Elmira, told troopers she attempted to avoid the bike, but hit the rider from behind.