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.
FRIDAY, MAY 29
• 2:43 p.m. — Troopers responded to a three-vehicle crash on Highway 26 about 4.5 miles east of Sandy that took the life of Briande Boudreau Lybbert, 39, of Portland. OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated that a blue Subaru Impreza driven by a 16-year-old girl pulled onto Highway 26 near Southeast Weber Road to head westbound when it failed to yield the right of way. A westbound Ford Focus driven by Lybbert struck the back left of the Subaru. The Ford then entered the eastbound travel lane where it collided head-on with a white U-Haul moving truck driven by a 68-year-old Castle Rock, Colorado, man. Lybbert was pronounced deceased at the scene. The U-Haul’s driver and a passenger were transported to an area hospital with minor injuries. The Subaru’s driver was not injured and was cited for careless driving.
SATURDAY, MAY 30
• 1:18 p.m. — Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 18 in rural Tillamook County east of Otis that took the life of Patrick John Stubblefield, 43, of Salem. OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated that a black Cadillac sedan driven by a 43-year-old Scotts Mills man was traveling eastbound when it failed to negotiate a corner and continued straight into the westbound lane for an unknown reason. The Cadillac collided head-on with a westbound Hyundai Sonata driven by a 22-year-old Elgin woman. Stubblefield, a passenger in the Cadillac, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The Cadillac’s driver, the Hyundai’s driver and two adult passengers were transported to an area hospital with serious injuries.