Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers are continuing the investigation into Saturday night's wrong way driver-involved fatal traffic crash that resulted in the death of the at-fault driver, a 71-year old Tillamook man, and non-life threatening injuries to four other people. OSP is asking anyone with information regarding where the victim was prior to the traffic crash to please contact Trooper Casey Hunter at (541) 967-2026 ext. 4250.According to Lieutenant Mark Cotter, on September 10, 2011 at 9:13 p.m. OSP Northern Command Center dispatch received a report of a vehicle driving northbound in the southbound lanes at milepost 219 about three miles north of Exit 216 and nine miles south of the Highway 34 interchange (Exit 228). Trooper Hunter was the only trooper on duty in the Albany area and responded south from milepost 238.
Two minutes later at 9:15 p.m., OSP was notified of a head-on collision in the southbound lanes near milepost 221. Shortly after emergency responders arrived on scene it was confirmed the wrong way driver, MONTY ROBERT FLOYD UPSHAW, age 71, from Tillamook, was deceased.
Preliminary investigation indicates a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt driven by UPSHAW was northbound in the southbound lanes when it sideswiped a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by KAILANI K. BROWN, age 31, from Springfield, then collided head-on with a 2005 Chevrolet pickup driven by OSIEL MILLAN FIGUEROA, age 35, from Coos Bay.
BROWN was not injured.
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