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Oregon State Police identified the 37-year-old woman killed Friday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on I-84 in what authorities termed extremely icy conditions.
Kimberly Hayes was the passenger in a 1988 Ford Explorer driven by Andrew Evensen, 35, police said.
Evensen and Hayes were traveling along I-84 westbound on Friday at 2:09 p.m. near Rooster Rock State Park when Evensen lost control of the SUV. The Explorer left the roadway, striking a tree, according to authorities. The two Portland residents were both wearing seat belts, police said.
Thursday morning's wintry storm, stretching from the Oregon coast to Mount Hood and from Eugene into southwest Washington, did more than create white-out conditions and dump half a foot of snow in places:
It also set the stage for a series of traffic crashes along Interstate 5 that closed long stretches of the major north-south throughway.
Fortunately, there have been only minor injuries, said a spokesman for Oregon State Police. But the mostly low-speed crashes, beginning shortly after 8 a.m., overwhelmed responders.
Interstate 5 southbound was closed about 3 miles north of Albany just after 8:30 Thursday morning after several crashes involving up to 20 total vehicles were reported on the snowy freeway, transportation officials said.
Just after that, official said I-5 northbound was closed 8 miles south of Albany when another pileup was reported.
For the southbound crash, a detour was in place using Old Salem Road for all but overweight vehicles, according to a statement from the Oregon Department of Transportation.
Oregon State Police on Saturday released the names of the two drivers killed in a crash on U.S. 20 outside of Sisters on Friday afternoon.
Bruce Sirnio, 61, of Salem, was driving an Acura sport utility vehicle westbound near milepost 86 when he crossed into the eastbound lane for unknown reasons, according to police. He crashed nearly head-on into a Toyota pickup truck driven by Andrew Deverna, 42, of Newberg, authorities said.
Tractor-trailer driven by Monte Harlbut avoids collision but crashes down embankment spilling cargo.
A tractor-trailer driven by a Vancouver man spilled 34,000 pounds of hazardous material Thursday morning near The Dalles, Ore.
Monte Harlbut, 27, was driving northbound on Steele Road in Wasco County when an oncoming commercial vehicle entered his lane, according to the Oregon State Patrol. Hurlbut drove toward the ditch on the right side of the road to avoid a collision and his tractor-trailer rolled down the embankment, dumping solid hazardous material, according to the State Patrol.
Police in Springfield say one driver fatally shot another Wednesday night during an argument over a car crash.
The drivers reportedly had been involved in a relatively minor accident on the Bob Straub Parkway.
Police say the gunman is in custody.
Springfield police stated that there is some indication the violence started as a road rage incident.
Police were reported to be interviewing a passenger in one vehicle and other witnesses.
Oregon State Police says the driver of an SUV crossed the center line and was killed in a collision with a loaded logging truck Thursday afternoon on Highway 223 south of Dallas.
He's identified as 64-year-old Stanley Paul Dankenbring of Dallas.
The logging truck driver and a passenger were not injured.