UPDATE: SERIOUS INJURY TRAFFIC CRASH - HIGHWAY 105 NEAR HIGHWAY 202 IN SOUTH ASTORIA
Posted: June 14th, 2011 6:24 PM
(UPDATE: Information regarding vehicle that was a possible factor in this crash)
Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers, with the assistance of Astoria Police Department, are investigating a serious injury traffic crash involving a small pickup and a loaded log truck on Highway 105 (also known as Business Highway 101) near the intersection with Highway 202 in Astoria. Two people were transported, one with critical injuries, to an area hospital. OSP is seeking additional witnesses and information to help identify the driver and vehicle associated with this investigation.
According to OSP Lieutenant Duane Stanton, on June 14, 2011 at approximately 3:30 p.m. OSP was requested to respond to investigate the crash at the request of Astoria Police Department. Preliminary investigation indicates at about 3:13 p.m. a small Toyota pickup with an adult male and adult female was northbound on Highway 105 approaching a left curve where 5th Street intersects. According to a witness, a dark gray newer model Toyota Corolla was stopped at a stop sign southbound on 5th Street and pulled into the path of the pickup causing the pickup to come to a near stop. As the Toyota Corolla cleared the intersection the pickup was struck in the rear by a loaded log truck driven by KENNETH NESS, age 54, from Astoria. The impact pushed the pickup into a median area.
The unidentified Toyota Corolla was last seen southbound on Highway 105.
The male driver and female passenger were extricated by Astoria Fire Department personnel and transported by ambulance to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. Their names will be released later tonight.
NESS appears to not have been injured.
Any witnesses or others with information to identify the driver of the Toyota Corolla is asked to call OSP Northern Command Center dispatch at 800-452-7888.
ODOT is assisting traffic getting through the area.
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