Police identify Culver man killed
Published 5:00 am Monday, October 11, 2010
Oregon State Police on Sunday morning released the name of the Culver man who died in a traffic crash Saturday afternoon.
Yardley Antonio Rico, 19, of Culver, was pronounced dead at the scene on U.S. Highway 97 south of Madras, after he was involved in a three-vehicle crash Saturday, according to an Oregon State Police news release.
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The crash happened about 4:19 p.m. Saturday, when Rico was driving north on U.S. Highway 97 toward Madras in a 2002 Chevrolet Impala. For an unknown reason, Rico’s vehicle crossed into the opposite lane and oncoming traffic, according to the police.
Rico’s Chevrolet Impala sideswiped a 2003 Subaru Forester driven by Kenneth Dale Marvel, 65, of Edmonds, Wash., and then collided head-on with a 2002 Dodge pickup driven by Jerry R. Prosser, 74, of Madras, police reported.
Prosser and his passenger, Ruth Ann Barnes, 74, of Gearhart, were treated for non-life-threatening injuries at St. Charles Redmond, while Marvel and his passenger, Terri Louis Alexander, 64, of Edmonds, Wash., were not injured. U.S. Highway 97 was closed for two hours in both directions.
Air bags were activated on the Chevrolet and Dodge in the crash.
Police are continuing to investigate the three-vehicle crash, including determining whether seat belts were used, according to the release.