Monday night I-5 accident near Woodburn claims Salem man’s life

A Monday evening accident along Interstate 5 near Woodburn left a Salem man dead and another with minor injuries.

On Monday, March 30, at 7:59 p.m., Oregon State Police responded to a two-vehicle fatal crash on Interstate 5 at milepost 270, near Woodburn at the Butteville Road/Gervais Road exit.

The preliminary investigation indicated a silver Honda Civic, operated by Romaldo Lopez Lopez, age 31, of Salem, was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of I-5 near Woodburn when it collided head-on with a northbound white Acura ZDX, operated by Casey Chia Liu, age 43, of Beaverton…

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