2 Killed in Head-On Collision on I-84

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A head-on collision just outside of Pendleton early Sunday morning took the lives of two people and injured two others.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF OSP

Two people were killed on Interstate 84 early Sunday morning when a wrong-way driver slammed into an oncoming car just outside of Pendleton.

According to the Oregon State Police, a 1999 Saturn SL driven by Shane R. Ware, 48, of Hermiston, was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-84. Ware’s vehicle forced 1998 Saturn SL off the highway near milepost 217. The driver of the 1998 Saturn, Sherry Marie Anderson, 24, of Ranier, was treated for non-life threatening injuries.

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The 1999 Saturn SL caused one vehicle to swerve off the road before it struck another vehicle head-on three miles later.
Ware continued westbound in the eastbound lanes for another three miles before his car struck a 2001 Chevrolet Venture head-on, killing both Ware and the driver of the Venture, Mary A. Padilla, 47, of Homedale, Idaho.

A 10-year-old passenger in the Chevrolet was transported to St. Anthony’s Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

It is unknown at this time if drug or alcohol impairment was a factor in the crashes

OSP was assisted at the scene by the Oregon Department of Transportation, Umatilla Tribal Fire and Ambulance, Pendleton Fire and Ambulance, Umatilla County Sheriff’s Department, Pendleton Police Department, and the Umatilla Tribal Police Department.

While officers were investigating the fatal crash, a 1994 Ford Ranger drove through the closed scene. The Ford Ranger was stopped and the driver, Joshua Haynie, 32, of Pendleton, was arrested by the Umatilla Tribal Police Department for DUII. He later provided a breath sample of .16% BAC.