A sport utility vehicle traveling the wrong way on Highway 13 south of Marion on Friday night struck a passenger car and killed one its passengers, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
A sheriff’s news release said first responders were called at 9:48 p.m. Friday to Highway 13, also called U.S. Highway 151 in the area, near Travis Road. In the northbound lanes there, they found that a 2010 Honda CR-V occupied only by its driver had collided with a 2003 Saturn passenger vehicle, occupied by three people and headed north in the proper lanes.
One of the Saturn’s passengers was ejected in the crash and died, the Sheriff’s Office said. The other two occupants suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries and were hospitalized.
The driver of the Honda had to be mechanically extricated from the SUV and was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the Sheriff’s Office said.
The names of those involved have not been released and the Sheriff’s Office did not say what investigators believe led to a driver going the wrong way on the highway.
The Sheriff’s Office said a third vehicle, a 2024 Subaru, became involved in the crash but its occupants were not injured.
The northbound lanes in the area were closed for about four hours because of the crash, which remains under investigation.
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A sheriff’s news release said first responders were called at 9:48 p.m. Friday to Highway 13, also called U.S. Highway 151 in the area, near Travis Road. In the northbound lanes there, they found that a 2010 Honda CR-V occupied only by its driver had collided with a 2003 Saturn passenger vehicle, occupied by three people and headed north in the proper lanes.
One of the Saturn’s passengers was ejected in the crash and died, the Sheriff’s Office said. The other two occupants suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries and were hospitalized.
The driver of the Honda had to be mechanically extricated from the SUV and was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the Sheriff’s Office said.
The names of those involved have not been released and the Sheriff’s Office did not say what investigators believe led to a driver going the wrong way on the highway.
The Sheriff’s Office said a third vehicle, a 2024 Subaru, became involved in the crash but its occupants were not injured.
The northbound lanes in the area were closed for about four hours because of the crash, which remains under investigation.
Wrong-way crash kills passenger near Marion
A sport utility vehicle traveling the wrong way on Highway 13 southeast of Marion on Friday night struck a passenger car and killed one its passengers, authorities said.
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