Police: Illegal Pass Kills Motorist on 99W Near Monmouth

Oregon's Highway Department has a detour established around the fatal crash scene, the highway near Monmouth is closed.

Salem-News.com

(MONMOUTH, Ore.) - Oregon State Police report a fatal traffic crash on Highway 99W about four miles south of Monmouth. They say the highway there is closed.

State troopers on the scene say the collision involved a passenger vehicle and a commercial truck.

"Preliminary information from the scene indicates a northbound small pickup driven by the victim attempted to pass a vehicle in a no passing zone and collided with a southbound commercial truck."

Police report that the male victim was pronounced deceased at the scene, and the truck driver was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Oregon's Highway Department has a detour established around the fatal crash scene, they say more information will be released later this afternoon.