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Serious Injury Traffic Crash on Hwy 99W East of Lafayette

Area residents know this as a high-risk intersection.

(LAFAYETTE, Ore.) - A Dayton-area man was cited by Oregon State Police following a Friday morning traffic crash that seriously injured another man.

According to OSP, Friday morning a 2006 GMC pickup driven by 21-year old Ryan Bernards, from Dayton, attempted to cross Highway 99W onto SE Kreder Road, and pulled into the path of a Ford pickup. The Ford pickup driven by 66-year old Catarino Garcia, from Lafayette, that was northbound on Highway 99W. Mr. Garcia was transported by LifeFlight to Oregon Health Sciences University with serious injuries.