Youth Dies in I-82 Wreck, May 10

On May 8, 2018 at approximately 7:15 PM, Oregon State Police and emergency personnel responded to a single vehicle fatal crash on I-82 near MP 4. Preliminary investigation indicted a silver MAZDA MPV, driven by Raymond Ramone Dick Shippentower (age 32 from Pendleton) was westbound on I-82. The van veered off the road and rolled over in the median. One of the passengers was a 12 year old male suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The other passengers were identified a Christina Marie Leyva (age 38 from Pendleton) and a three year old female. All of the other passengers received minor or non-life threatening injuries. Wind and rain are being considered as contributing factors of the crash.