Three Killed in Separate Highway Crashes in Lake and Curry Counties
OSP reports fatal crashes on Highway 140 and Highway 101, with another person seriously injured
MEDFORD, Ore. — Three people were killed and another was seriously injured in two separate highway crashes in Lake and Curry counties, according to reports released Monday by Oregon State Police.
The crashes occurred several days apart, one along Highway 140 in remote Lake County and the other along Highway 101 near Langlois.
Highway 140 crash in Lake County
Oregon State Police responded at approximately 10:39 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, to a single vehicle crash on Highway 140 near milepost 56.
According to the preliminary investigation, a gray Dodge Challenger driven by Juan Luis Perez Garcia, 23, of Tule Lake, California, was traveling east when it left the roadway for an unknown reason and rolled several times down an embankment.
Perez Garcia was pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger, Cristo Jesus Herrera, 20, also of Tule Lake, was seriously injured and transported by air ambulance to an area hospital.
OSP said the highway was not impacted during the investigation.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Lake County Search and Rescue, Lake County EMS, and the Oregon Department of Transportation assisted at the scene.
Highway 101 crash near Langlois
OSP responded at approximately 5:14 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, to a two vehicle crash on Highway 101 near milepost 286 in Curry County.
Investigators said a white Buick Lucerne driven by Joni Marie Williams, 63, of Bandon, was traveling south near Langlois when it crossed the centerline for an unknown reason.
The Buick collided head on with a northbound silver Pontiac Vibe driven by Hunter Lee Sturgill, 18, of Coos Bay.
Williams and Sturgill were both pronounced dead at the scene.
Highway 101 was impacted for approximately three hours while emergency crews investigated the crash.
OSP was assisted by the Bandon Police Department, Curry County Sheriff’s Office, Sixes Rural Fire Protection District, Langlois Fire Department, and the Oregon Department of Transportation.
Both crashes remain described by OSP as preliminary investigations, and the reasons the vehicles left their respective lanes remain unknown.
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