1 dead after head-on crash on Hwy 30 in Columbia Co.

COLUMBIA COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) – A man from Clatskanie is dead after a two-car, head-on collision Saturday afternoon on Highway 30, according to the Oregon State Police.

Police say the accident occurred about 2:30 p.m. Saturday, when a Volkswagen Jetta driven by 48-year-old Daren James McLeod crossed the center line into oncoming traffic, hitting a Ford F-350 truck head-on.

McLeod died at the scene, while the driver of the Ford walked away with minor injuries, and was not taken to a hospital…

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