Oregon State Police troopers are asking the motorist who picked up the injured suspect on Washburn Way near South Side Bypass on December 28, 2014 at approximately 9:40 a.m., to contact them. Please call the Oregon State Police Southern Command Center dispatch at 1 (541) 883-5711 if you have any information relating to the motorist who assisted the injured driver by picking them up at the crash scene on South Side Bypass. Previous Update – On Saturday, December 28, 2014, at approximately 7:40 am, OSP troopers responded to the South Side Bypass (Hwy 140 East) near milepost 3, on a reported single vehicle rollover crash. A red Ford Ranger pickup was driving west bound and left the north side of the roadway, colliding with a road side lamp post and highway sign, then rolling several times into an adjacent pasture. Two of the vehicles occupants, GARRETT ZIMMER, 22, of Hermiston, and MARRI D. YOUNG-WELLBAUM, 26, of Eagle Point, were ejected from the pickup and deceased at the scene. A third occupant, GUAGE L. GRAY,22, of Klamath Falls, was transported to Sky Lakes Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Speed, alcohol and icy road conditions are being investigated as contributing factors in the crash. None of the occupants in the vehicle were wearing safety restraints.
