NEWPORT – A 62-year-old Siletz man was killed and his passenger seriously injured Friday evening when their small pickup was struck head-on by a car that crossed into their lane of U.S. Highway 20 a little more than a mile east of Newport.
Oregon State Police said in a news release Monday that Christopher M. Robeson died at the scene of the two-car crash that closed the highway for four hours. The passenger in his Nissan pickup, Ramona L. Luledjian, 55, of Toledo, was seriously injured and taken to Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport, police said
Police said their preliminary investigation indicated that Velma J. Freudenthal, 78, of Newport was headed west on Highway 20 in a Subaru Forester about 4:42 p.m. when she crossed the centerline into the eastbound lanes and struck Robeson’s vehicle head-on. Freudenthal was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
The cause of the crash is under investigation, police said.