April 9, 2024 2:20 p.m.  

A Winston man died in a single-vehicle crash on Saturday.

An Oregon State Police report said at approximately 2:00 p.m. troopers responded to the accident in the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 just south of the Garden Valley Boulevard overpass at exit 125.

A preliminary investigation indicated that a pickup was traveling southbound when an object flew out of the truck bed. The driver, 70-year-old Evan Cookman, pulled onto the right shoulder and exited the vehicle. While attempting to retrieve the object from the roadway, Cookman fell into the left lane of traffic.

A pickup traveling in the left lane attempted to avoid the motorist, but could not, and the vehicle struck the man.

Cookman was pronounced deceased at the scene.

OSP was assisted by the Roseburg Fire Department, Douglas County Medical Examiners Office and the Oregon Department of Transportation.