Five killed in Collision west of Winston
Four members of a Hood River family on their way to the Oregon Coast for a spring break camping trip were killed in a head-on collision in the Southern Coastal Range.
All four family members and the driver of the oncoming truck died either from the violent impact of the collision or the subsequent fire, state police said.
A 1989 Jeep Cherokee Wagoneer driven by Jeffrey E. Bowers of Hood River collided about 5:30 pm Tuesday with a Toyota Pickup that crossed the center line on a curve on Hwy 42 about 17 miles west of Winston, state police said.
Killed were Bowers, 27, a self employed drywall installer; his wife Carolyn Ann Dehart, 31, a meatcutter at a family owned grocery store in White Salmon; and Bowers' children from a previous marriage, Jeffrey, 6 and Kaija, 4. Also,was killed the pickup driver, Jeffrey C. Burton, 43, of Murphy.
Eugene Register-Guard
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Four members of a Hood River family on their way to the Oregon Coast for a spring break camping trip were killed in a head-on collision in the Southern Coastal Range.
All four family members and the driver of the oncoming truck died either from the violent impact of the collision or the subsequent fire, state police said.
A 1989 Jeep Cherokee Wagoneer driven by Jeffrey E. Bowers of Hood River collided about 5:30 pm Tuesday with a Toyota Pickup that crossed the center line on a curve on Hwy 42 about 17 miles west of Winston, state police said.
Killed were Bowers, 27, a self employed drywall installer; his wife Carolyn Ann Dehart, 31, a meatcutter at a family owned grocery store in White Salmon; and Bowers' children from a previous marriage, Jeffrey, 6 and Kaija, 4. Also,was killed the pickup driver, Jeffrey C. Burton, 43, of Murphy.
Eugene Register-Guard
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qktWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4195%2C6921699
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