Fatal Traffic Crash Interstate 5 near Wolf Creek
(WOLF CREEK, Ore) — Oregon State Police is investigating a single vehicle fatal traffic crash that occurred Friday afternoon off the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 near Wolf Creek.
According to Sergeant Tyler Lee, on October 17, 2014 at approximately 1:27 p.m., OSP and local emergency responders received a report of a single vehicle crash off the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 near milepost 76.
Initial investigation indicates a 2004 BMW sport utility vehicle driven by Adelina Teresa Barrera, age 80, from Tigard, was southbound on Interstate 5 when, for an unconfirmed reason, it traveled at a high rate of speed onto the shoulder though a grassy field and into a wooded area.
The vehicle went through a wire fence, struck several trees and fence posts, and narrowly missed a house before hitting a tree head-on.
Barrera was pronounced deceased at the scene.
OSP troopers from the Grants Pass work site are continuing the investigation into the cause of the crash.
OSP was assisted at the scene by a deputy medical examiner from Grants Pass Department of Public Safety and Rural Metro Fire.
