November 1, 2020 12:45 p.m.

A passenger died in a single vehicle wreck near Elkton on Saturday.

A report from Oregon State Police said at around 5:15 p.m. troopers and emergency personnel responded to the wreck on Highway 38, two miles west of Elkton. A preliminary investigation revealed that an SUV driven by 40-year old Jose Torres of Vann Nuys, California was westbound when it left the road, traveled down an embankment and rolled.

The report said the passenger, 46-year old Alfredo Valdez-Perez of an unknown location, sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased. Torres was transported by air ambulance to Sacred Heart Medical at Riverbend in Springfield.

The section of highway around the accident scene was shut down with one lane later reopened after about thirty minutes while the crash investigation was underway.