LANE COUNTY, Ore. — One person has died after a head-on crash with a semi-truck in Lane County, Ore.
On Tuesday, June 3 at approximately 6:26 a.m., Oregon State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 58 in Lane County.
The preliminary investigation indicated that a white GMC Yukon, operated by David William Dickey, 45, of Portland, Ore. was traveling eastbound on Highway 58 near milepost 36.5 when it left its lane for an unknown reason. The vehicle entered the westbound lane and collided head-on with a gray Volvo semi-truck hauling a 52-foot box trailer, operated by Alymbek Baikeev, 40, of Forest Hills, New York.
Dickey was pronounced dead at the scene. Baikeev, the operator of the semi-truck, was not injured.
The highway was impacted for about three hours for the on-scene investigation.
OSP was assisted by the Oakridge Fire Department and the Oregon Department of Transportation.
This is an on-going investigation and no addition information is available at this time.
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