Around 8 a.m. on Monday, Oregon State Police Troopers responded to a two vehicle fatal crash on State Route 18 in Yamhill County near Dayton. According to Troopers on scene, a 2005 Jeep Liberty, operated by 19-year-old Madelyn West, of Beaverton, was traveling east on State Route 18.
West’s vehicle crossed into the west bound lane of travel colliding head on with a 2000 GMC Envoy operated by 68-year-old Berhta Martinez, of Dayton. Martinez was killed in the crash.
West was transported to Oregon Health Science University with critical injuries. OSP was assisted by the Yamhill County Sheriff's Department, Dayton Fire Department, McMinnville Fire Department and the Oregon Department of Transportation.