Pasco Man Injured in Oregon Crash

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A commercial trucker from Pasco was injured early Sunday morning in an accident on Highway 42 near Roseburg.

Oregon State Police troopers responded around 4:15 a.m. to a report of a collision involving a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle at the Highway 42 interchange with Interstate 5.

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A commercial trucker from Pasco suffered minor injuries in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 42 early Sunday morning.
PHOTO COURTESY OF OSP
Preliminary investigation revealed a 2004 Ford Explorer was traveling southbound on Interstate 5 when it took the 119 exit. As the Ford negotiated the sweeping right corner of the off-ramp, it drifted off the ramp and rolled over in the area between the ramp and Highway 42, according to the OSP. The Ford then rolled onto both lanes of Highway 42 where it struck an eastbound 2010 Peterbilt while airborne.

The driver of the Ford, Anthony Q. Webber, 31, of Roseburg, was pronounced dead on scene. The driver of the Peterbilt, Richard E. Arceo, 33, of Pasco, Wash., was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg for minor injuries.

Highway 42 was closed for over four hours while the investigation was being conducted.