UMATILLA COUNTY, Ore. – An SUV driver was killed after crashing into a semi truck in Oregon.
According to a press release, on Tuesday, April 21, at 5:07 p.m., Oregon State Police (OSP) responded to a two-vehicle fatal crash on Interstate 84 near milepost 207 in Umatilla County.
OSP said its preliminary investigation indicated a white Chevrolet Tahoe, operated by Jeanette Lynn Row, 55, of Pendleton, was traveling eastbound on I-84 near Pendleton when it struck the rear of a white Freightliner tractor-trailer, operated by Zholdoshev Abdilaziz, 33, of Schaumburg, Ill.
Following the collision, police say the Tahoe turned hard to the right, and the operator lost control on the wet pavement. The Tahoe left the roadway, rolled multiple times, and the driver was ejected from the vehicle.
Row was declared deceased at the scene. Row is not believed to have been wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
Abdilaziz was not injured.
The crash remains under investigation.
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