21-year-old Eugene man killed in Highway 97 crash with semi in Klamath County

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — A 21-year-old Eugene man was killed Saturday night in a head-on crash on Highway 97 in Klamath County, according to Oregon State Police.

OSP said troopers responded at about 8:50 p.m., Sept. 5, to a two-vehicle fatal crash near milepost 200. Investigators said a black Honda two-door sedan driven by Elias Keyin Sorenson, 21, was traveling northbound when, for unknown reasons, it crossed into the southbound lane and collided head-on with a white Volvo semi-truck hauling a 53-foot trailer.

Police said the semi-truck was driven by Jose Luis Sotelo-Monge, 64, of Tulare, California…

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