Fatal Crash I-5 in Albany
The car's driver was pronounced deceased at the scene.
(ALBANY,Ore) — Oregon State Police are continuing their investigation into the cause of Thursday morning's cross-over fatal traffic crash that occurred on Interstate 5 in the North Albany area.
The Northbound lanes are still closed with a detour in place and one southbound lane, using the shoulder, is open for traffic.
Detours are causing trafic backups on frontage roads in the area.
Preliminary information indicates on today at approximately 10:39 a.m., a passenger car driven by Amber Nichole Forest, age 28, from Aumsville, was Northbound on Interstate 5 near milepost 237 when it traveled into the center median.
The car continued across the median into the Southbound lanes where it collided with a commercial truck pulling semi-trailer in the right Southbound lane.
After impact, the commercial truck and trailer crossed the center median onto the Northbound lanes where it collided into a concrete barrier.
The truck and trailer came to rest jackknifed across the Northbound lanes.
The passenger car came to rest in the center median.
Forest was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The truck's driver, Arthur Perez, age 65, from College Place, Washington, was transported by ambulance to a local hospital with minor injuries.
OSP troopers from the Albany Area Command are investigating the crash with the assistance of a crash investigation inter-agency team comprised of members from Linn County Sheriff's Office, Albany Police Department, and Lebanon Police Department.
Additional assistance was provided at the scene by Albany Fire Department, Jefferson Fire District, and ODOT.
Traffic updates can be monitored on ODOT's website TripCheck.com.
Southbound traffic may periodically be stopped for investigative purposes.
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