GOSHEN, Ore. – A fatal two-vehicle crash that temporarily closed Highway 99 South on Monday afternoon claimed the life of a Creswell man, according to the Oregon State Police.
OSP officials said that they responded just before 3:30 p.m. on April 7 to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 99 South near milepost 1.5 in Lane County. A preliminary investigation determined that a southbound Kenworth log truck driven by a 52-year-old Cottage Grove man slowed to make a left turn when it was struck from behind by a southbound Toyota Matrix driven by 29-year-old Josef Alexander Ward, state police said. Authorities said that Ward was transported to an area hospital where he was later declared deceased. The Kenworth’s driver was reportedly not injured in the crash, state police officials said…