The Oregon State Police (OSP), with the assistance of the Umatilla County Deputy Medical Examiner, is investigating the death of a 25-year old Hillsboro man. Preliminary investigation indicates a drug overdose is the apparent cause of death.
According to OSP Lt. Mike Turner, OSP troopers from the Pendleton office and local EMS personnel responded to a medical emergency call around 9 a.m. on Wednesday along Interstate 84 eastbound near milepost 212 in the Pendleton area. Upon arrival, EMS personnel contacted the truck’s driver who said the passenger stopped breathing.
EMS personnel started CPR on Mitchell Robert Evans, 25. He was transported by ambulance to St. Anthony Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
