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.
SUNDAY, NOV. 16
• 8:39 a.m. — Troopers responded to a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on Highway 224 about 1 mile west of Barton in Clackamas County that took the life of Akahieleu Redo, 22, of Oregon City. OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated that Redo was riding a westbound Yamaha R6 when he lost control while negotiating a curve, left the roadway, struck a mound of dirt and went airborne before the motorcycle and rider came to rest in a tree. Redo was declared deceased at the scene.
SATURDAY, NOV. 22
• 2:04 a.m. — Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 about 3 miles north of Grants Pass that took the life of Annette Dea Dimmick, 34, of Grants Pass. OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated that Dimmick was driving southbound in the northbound lanes in a Chevrolet S10 for unknown reasons and struck a northbound semitruck driven by a 68-year-old Alliance, Ohio, man head-on. Dimmick was declared deceased at the scene. The truck driver and a passenger, a 29-year-old Warren, Ohio, man, suffered minor injuries and were transported to an area hospital.
MONDAY, NOV. 24
• 9:30 p.m. — Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 20 about 8 miles east of Brothers in Deschutes County that took the lives of William Micah Carter, 25, of Springfield, and Jennifer Lynn Lower, 24, of John Day. OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated that a semitruck, driven by Rajinder Kumar, 32, of Fresno, California, was stopped in a jackknifed position blocking both lanes of travel. The tractor was facing east in the eastbound lane while the trailer sat perpendicular to the roadway. Carter’s vehicle struck the trailer at highway speeds. Carter and Lower were declared deceased at the scene. Dark conditions and a lack of active emergency warning equipment are being considered primary contributors to the crash, according to OSP. Kumar, who was reportedly not injured, was arrested on charges of criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangering. He was lodged in the Deschutes County Jail.
Here we go again, can’t put stupid people in that vehicle with that kind of weight your just asking for it