Wrong-Way Driver Killed in I-5 Head-On Crash Near Grants Pass
OSP reports a southbound pickup traveling in the northbound lanes collided with a commercial truck early Saturday, leaving one person dead and two injured.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — A wrong-way crash on Interstate 5 early Saturday morning left one person dead and two others injured, according to the Oregon State Police.
Troopers responded just after 2:00 a.m. on November 22 to the crash near milepost 62, north of Grants Pass. Investigators say a Chevrolet S10 pickup, driven by 34-year-old Annette Dea Dimmick of Grants Pass, was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes for reasons that remain under investigation.
The pickup collided head-on with a northbound Volvo commercial truck and trailer operated by 68-year-old David Michael Jellison of Alliance, Ohio. A passenger in the truck, 29-year-old Ceejay Clay of Warren, Ohio, was also in the vehicle.
Dimmick was pronounced dead at the scene.
Jellison and Clay sustained what officials described as minor injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation.
The northbound lanes were affected for roughly four hours while OSP conducted the on-scene investigation and crews cleared the roadway.
The Oregon State Police were assisted by the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office, Rural Metro Fire, Grants Pass Fire, and the Oregon Department of Transportation.
