July 5, 2022 10:40 a.m.

A Myrtle Point man is deceased, and four people were injured, following a serious chain reaction wreck on Tuesday.

An Oregon State Police report said at about 12:30 p.m. troopers and emergency personnel responded to the crash, which was blocking Highway 38 near milepost 25, about three miles east of Scottsburg.

A preliminary investigation revealed that a sedan, operated by 24-year old Cedric Lossing of Myrtle Point, was traveling east overtaking a motorhome in the passing lanes when it crossed the centerline and crashed head on into a westbound Jeep, operated by 60-year old Cathy Fore of North Bend. A dump truck, driven by 60-year old David Buoy of Clatskanie, was headed westbound following the Jeep and attempted to avoid the collision by steering into the eastbound lane where it crashed through an eastbound bumper-pulled travel trailer, pulled by a pickup which was operated by 70- year old Timothy Prulheire of Grants Pass. The pickup traveled into the westbound lane where it collided with a dump truck, operated by 27-year old Dillan Bloomer of Clark Fork, Idaho, pulling a utility trailer hauling a grader.

Fore and her passenger, 70-year old Patrick Culbertson, of Myrtle Point, were transported to PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend in Springfield. Culbertson was pronounced deceased. Prulheire and his passenger reported minor injuries but declined medical treatment. The other two drivers were not injured.

Highway 38 traffic remained open while OSP Collision Reconstruction Unit members investigated the scene. Several other agencies assisted OSP.