Amity woman injured in double-fatal crash on 101

An Amity woman was injured and a Newberg man escaped injury in a double-fatal motor vehicle crash on Highway 101, near Hebo, last Thursday morning, according to the Oregon State Police.

OSP gave this account of the 11 a.m. crash:

A Ford Ranger, operated by Jonathan Moreland, 28, of Tillamook, was eastbound when it crossed the centerline and collided with a Dodge Ram 3500 driven by Joshua Brown, 25, of Newberg, who was towing a trailer.

Moreland and a passenger in his vehicle, Jimmie Toll, 46, of Bay City, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Brown was not injured. Two passengers in the vehicle, Alexis Bacon, 20, of Amity, and Dominic Reeves, 18, of Tillamook, were hospitalized with injuries.

Hwy 22 was closed for about four hours. OSP was assisted by the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office, Nestucca Rural Fire Department, an Oregon Department of Transportation and the Tillamook County District Attorney’s Office.