By News-Register staff • 

Dayton man killed in Highway 99W crash

Photo courtesy Oregon State Police##A single vehicle crash north of McMinnville on Highway 99W claimed the life of a Dayton man Thursday night.
Photo courtesy Oregon State Police##A single vehicle crash north of McMinnville on Highway 99W claimed the life of a Dayton man Thursday night.

A Dayton man was killed Thursday night in a single vehicle crash north of McMinnville on Highway 99W in the area of the St. Joseph overpass.

The Oregon State Police identified the victim as 29-year-old Hector Orozco Jr. Troopers gave this account of the 8:45 p.m. crash:

He was northbound at a high rate of speed when the 2005 Nissan Murano he was operating left the roadway and struck several parked cars. Orozco was pronounced dead at the scene.

Prior to the crash, multiple driving complaints related to the vehicle were received by the Yamhill Communications Agency 911 dispatch center.

The highway was closed for five hours. In addition to OSP, the McMinnville police and fire departments, Yamhill County Sheriff's Office and an Oregon Department of Transportation crew responded to the scene.

 

Comments

OregonBorn

Speed kills kids.

So does impaired and/or distracted driving.

Slow down, pay attention. Your life, and the lives of innocents are not worth it.

sisinmac

Just because you are young and think you are invincible, think again. Stay safe, slow down.

A New Generation

While this was a single vehicle/fatality, it is the same stretch of road where the speed racing fatality/lifelong damage to young lives happened in 2017. I agree with the two comments below: young people have no sense of danger/consequences in MVA's. I salute the courage of the recent front page News Register coverage and the mother of the young woman damaged & forever changed in the front page follow-up story. That picture says a thousand words more eloquently than mine or the two comments below.I was humbled and reminded again of the fragility of life. Thank you for a beautiful story.
My sympathies to the family of Mr. Orozco.

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