The deadly accident happened around 4:26 a.m. on August 26 on Interstate 5 near milepost 267.
Marion County, OR – One person was killed and another was critically injured early Tuesday morning in a wrong-way accident in Marion County, according to the police.
The deadly accident happened around 4:26 a.m. on August 26 on Interstate 5 near milepost 267.
Police said an Infiniti G35 was heading northbound in the southbound lanes when it crashed head-on into a southbound Honda Civic.
The Infiniti driver, K’Rondre’ Demarcus Minor, 20, of Gresham, was taken to a local hospital where he later died.
The Honda driver, Desmond Antwan Diamond, 22, of Saint Helens, was taken to a local hospital with critical injuries.
The accident closed the highway for about five hours.
The police are investigating the accident.
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