PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An 18-year-old girl died after her car collided with a log truck on Highway 101 near Beaver.
Oregon State Police said Mikayla Michelle Howard was driving northbound in a 2003 Saab when it crossed into the southbound lane for unknown reasons on Friday morning. The car then hit a 2018 Kenworth log truck with a bunked trailer head on.
Howard was taken to a nearby hospital with critical injuries. She was later transported by LifeFlight to OHSU for further treatment, however, she died as a result of her injuries.
The driver of the log truck wasn’t injured.