On Sunday, two different fatal collisions happened on Oregon roadways.
The first occurred in Klamath County on U.S. 97 close to milepost 249. Wyonna Elaine Weiser, 38, of Chiloquin, was operating a green Ford Expedition when it drifted sideways into the northbound lane while traveling south.
The car struck a white Ford F-350 driven by Bend resident Franklin Scott Maricle, 31, who was carrying a horse trailer. While the F-350 blocked most of the highway, the Expedition was hit on its side and came to rest in the northbound ditch.
Winnie Mae Hescock, 41, of Klamath Falls, and Laurice Lee Foster, 41, of Chiloquin, were two of the Expedition’s passengers who were declared dead at the site. Weiser was brought to a neighboring hospital with significant injuries, along with another passenger, Wauseka Brown Jr., 56, of Chiloquin.
There were no injuries to Maricle or his passengers, which included two boys, ages 13 and 21 months.
Chiloquin Fire and Rescue and the Oregon Department of Transportation assisted Oregon State Police in their investigation, which involved closing the route for almost an hour. The cause of the collision is still being looked into.
A second deadly collision occurred later that day on U.S. 26 at Haley Road in Clackamas County. A gold Toyota Camry headed east, driven by Derek Lorenz, 33, of Sandy, collided with a silver GMC Envoy, driven by Richard Allan Kerron, 79, of Boring, as it entered the intersection of U.S. 26 from Haley Road.
Austin Christopher Moore, 19, of Salem, was driving a gold Toyota Solara when the GMC overturned due to the impact.
At the scene, Kerron was declared deceased. Erlita Jean Kerron, an 82-year-old Boring resident, was his passenger and was brought to a nearby hospital after suffering severe injuries.
The collision did not hurt Moore or Lorenz.
Due to the collision, U.S. 26 was closed for four hours as Oregon State Police investigated with help from the Oregon Department of Transportation, the Sandy Fire Department, and the Clackamas County Medical Examiner.
This story was drafted using generative AI using information from Oregon State Police. An editor from The Oregonian/OregonLive reviewed and revised it.
