Salem, Ore. – On November 25th, 2014, at approximately 2:50 a.m., the Oregon State Police (OSP) received a call reporting a wrong-way driver on Interstate 5 near Brooks. About one minute later, OSP received a second call of a head-on crash on Interstate 5 near milepost 266.5. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office and Keizer Police Department responded to the scene to assist until OSP troopers arrived to conduct the investigation.
While the investigation is ongoing, preliminary information indicates a white, 2003 Volkswagen Jetta, driven by AUDREY BLIVEN, 49, of Salem, was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of travel. Near milepost 266.5 on I-5, the Jetta crashed head-on into a black BMW 320 which was southbound in the left lane of travel. The female right front passenger in the BMW, identified as DEANA DELEON, 49, of Nyssa OR, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The adult male driver, identified as JUAN LEDESMA, 37, of Renton WA, and juvenile female passenger whose name will be withheld, were injured and transported to the Salem Memorial Hospital. The juvenile female was transferred from Salem Memorial Hospital to Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland.
BLIVEN was transported to the Salem Memorial Hospital for treatment. Upon her release from the hospital, BLIVEN was arrested by OSP for the crimes of Manslaughter in the Second Degree, Criminally Negligent Homicide, Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants – alcohol, Assault, Recklessly Endangering Another Person and Reckless Driving.
As a criminal investigation, any further information will be released by the Marion County District Attorney’s Office; contact Amy Queen at (503) 804-6951at the Marion County District Attorney’s Office.
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Warm Springs, Ore. – On November 22, 2014, at approximately 7:09 PM, the Warm Springs Police Department received a report of a motor vehicle crash on Highway 26 at milepost 77. Upon arriving on scene, officers determined that a van was that traveling eastbound on Highway 26 collided head-on with the Ford pickup, which was traveling westbound. A few moments after the head-on collision, a semi-truck traveling east on Highway 26 collided with the Ford pickup, compromising the head-on crash scene. The driver and lone occupant of the van, whose identity is being withheld pending next of kin notifications (s), was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected through the passenger-side window of the van; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The two involved vehicles had no other passengers and there were no other serious injuries reported. Highway 26 was closed so that investigators could complete the investigation.
The Oregon State Police responded to assist from Bend and Government Camp by providing Crash Reconstruction specialists. Road conditions were very icy at the time of the crash and Highway 26 was reopened at 4:00 AM.
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