Editor’s note: This report is based on information submitted by the Oregon State Police. All crashes with fatalities may not be included. The status of incidents might change after further investigation.

SATURDAY, JULY 6

• 9:11 a.m. — Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 26 at the intersection with Northwest Columbia Drive in Madras that took the life of Robert Carroll Towler, 88, of Madras. OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated that Towler, who was driving a Ford Escape, made a right turn onto westbound Highway 26 in the path of a GMC Sierra driven by a 59-year-old West Linn man. The GMC struck the driver’s side door of the Ford. Towler was declared deceased at the scene. The GMC’s driver was not injured. Two passengers in the GMC were transported to a hospital reportedly with minor injuries. A third passenger in the GMC was not injured.

• 11:30 a.m. — Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 211 at Eagle Creek in Clackamas County that took the life of William Ballew, 46, of McMinnville. OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated Ballew was driving a Nissan Pathfinder south when for unknown reasons, it left its lane of travel and struck head-on a northbound Ford F350, driven by a 40-year-old Molalla man. Ballew was transported via Life Flight to an area hospital where he was declared deceased. The Ford’s driver was transported via Life Flight in critical condition. Two passengers in the Ford, a 48-year-old woman and a 13-year-old girl, were transported with minor injuries. A third passenger in the Ford, a 27-year-old woman, was reportedly uninjured.

• 1:32 p.m. — Troopers responded to a motorcycle crash on Highway 101 about 4 miles north of Reedsport that took the life of Johnny Ray Boles, 43, of Notus, Idaho. OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated that Boles was headed north on a Harley Davidson motorcycle when he attempted to pass in between two vehicles that were occupying both lanes of travel. The motorcycle lost control, left the roadway and ejected the operator into a guardrail. Boles was declared deceased at the scene. The cause of the crash was believed to be unsafe passing.

SUNDAY, JULY 7

• 2 p.m. — Troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash on Highway 130 near Little Nestucca County Park about 3 miles east of the intersection with Highway 101 that took the life of Tyler Jacob Bell, 32, of Dallas. OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated that Bell was driving west in a GMC Sierra that left the roadway, rolled down an embankment and came to rest on the driver’s side in the river below. Bell, who was believed to have not been wearing a seatbelt, was declared deceased at the scene.

TUESDAY, JULY 9

• 12:27 p.m. — Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 101 about 3 miles south of Coos Bay that took the life of Richard Swartling, 85, of Coos Bay. OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated that Swartling was driving south in a Honda HRV and attempted to turn left onto Coos-Sumner Lane when struck on the side by a northbound Range Rover Evoque driven by a 45-year-old woman from Nampa, Idaho. Swartling was transported to an area hospital where he was declared deceased. The Range Rover’s driver was transported to the hospital with serious injuries.