LINN COUNTY, Ore. — Two people are dead in Oregon, including a Japanese exchange student, after a driver hit a Kenworth truck head on.
On Monday at approximately 7:47 a.m., the Oregon State Police responded to a fatal crash on Highway 226 near Albany.
The preliminary investigation indicated a red Buick Envoy, operated by Jarri Lynn Saul, 55, of Lebanon, was traveling eastbound on Highway 226 near milepost 1.5 when it attempted to turn north onto Old Bridge Drive. The Buick turned into the path of a westbound blue Kenworth commercial motor vehicle, operated by Douglas Edward Ahlberg, 49, of Aumsville. The vehicles collided head-on…