A 21-year-old Pendleton woman was killed in a single-vehicle rollover accident on Tuesday.
According to the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a report of an accident on Hoeft Road near Pendleton. Deputies found a maroon Chevy Malibu resting on its top on Hoeft Road, a two-lane gravel road.
The driver, Toni Renee Brown, was dead when deputies and medics arrived. The sheriff’s office believes the crash likely occurred several hours earlier, possibly during the previous night. Deputies report that the vehicle lost traction and the driver overcorrected, causing the vehicle to skid and roll over.
Toxicology testing is being done to determine if alcohol was a factor.
