Woman Dies in Collision with Semi Farm Truck

The truck was was towing a trailer with a near full 2200 gallon tank of liquid fertilizer and spraying equipment.

Salem-News.com

(ST. PAUL, Ore. ) - Just after 7:15 AM Tuesday morning, Marion County Sheriff's Deputies responded to McKay Rd NE and Gearin Rd NE north of St. Paul on a report of a motor vehicle crash.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office Crash Team in investigating a head on collision between a large semi type farm truck and a Nissan 200SX coup.

The driver of the car, a 25 year old female, died at the scene.

The driver of the truck, Silvano Guzman, 40, of Brooks was uninjured but was taken to Newburg Hospital for evaluation.

Mr. Guzman was driving the truck which is owned by his employer, Coleman Farms.

The truck was was towing a trailer with a near full 2200 gallon tank of liquid fertilizer and spraying equipment.

The preliminary investigation revealed that the truck was westbound on McKay Rd NE near Gearin Rd and the car was eastbound.

The car crossed the center line into the oncoming lane in front of the truck.

The truck was unable to avoid hitting the car. It remains unclear why the car crossed the center line.

It does not appear that alcohol contributed to the crash.

The investigation into the cause of the crash is continuing.

The name of the deceased driver is not being released pending notification of next of kin.