Crash Near Newberg Kills One

Anyone with any information about the crash or who witnessed the crash are urged to contact Captain Jeff Kosmicki of the Newberg-Dundee Police Department.

Salem-News.com

(NEWBERG, Ore.) - A Monday afternoon two-car crash in Newberg has left one person dead, one critically injured and two with unknown injuries. The crash is on Hwy 99W, just west of downtown Newberg as two one-way grids dividing the downtown area realign. The crash is under investigation and Hwy 99W will be partially closed for at least two more hours, about 7:00 p.m. The names of the fatality and injured are being withheld until family notifications are made. The critically injured patient was flown to a Portland area hospital by Life Flight.

The Newberg-Dundee Police are being assisted by members of the Yamhill County Major Accident Traffic Team, comprised of troopers, deputies and officers from the Oregon State Police, Yamhill County Sheriff's Office, and McMinnville Police.

The Oregon Department of Transportation and Newberg Public Works crews are assisting in re-routing traffic around the crash site. Anyone with any information about the crash or who witnessed the crash are urged to contact Captain Jeff Kosmicki of the Newberg-Dundee Police Department.

More details as available, likely after 7:00 p.m.

Photographs are not yet available.