Klamath Falls, Ore. – Oregon State Police troopers are asking the motorist who picked up the injured suspect on Washburn Way near South Side Bypass on December 28, 2014 at approximately 9:40 a.m., to contact them. Please call the Oregon State Police Southern Command Center dispatch at 1 (541) 883-5711 if you have any information relating to the motorist who assisted the injured driver by picking them up at the crash scene on South Side Bypass.
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On Saturday, December 28, 2014, at approximately 7:40 am, OSP troopers responded to the South Side Bypass (Hwy 140 East) near milepost 3, on a reported single vehicle rollover crash. A red Ford Ranger pickup was driving west bound and left the north side of the roadway, colliding with a road side lamp post and highway sign, then rolling several times into an adjacent pasture.
Two of the vehicles occupants, GARRETT ZIMMER, 22, of Hermiston, and MARRI D. YOUNG-WELLBAUM, 26, of Eagle Point, were ejected from the pickup and deceased at the scene. A third occupant, GUAGE L. GRAY,22, of Klamath Falls, was transported to Sky Lakes Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Speed, alcohol and icy road conditions are being investigated as contributing factors in the crash. None of the occupants in the vehicle were wearing safety restraints. This investigation is ongoing and no further details are available for release.
OSP was assisted at the scene by the Oregon Department of Transportation, Klamath County Fire District #1, and the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office.
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