SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The Interstate 5 crash that killed the husband of Portland City Commissioner Amanda Fritz has claimed a second life.
Oregon State Police Lt. Gregg Hastings said Saturday that 64-year-old Cary Marie Fairchild died at the hospital where she had been receiving treatment since the Sept. 24 crash.
Fairchild was a passenger in the car of Dr. Steven Fritz. The two were carpooling to work at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem when the multi-vehicle wreck occurred.
Police said a pickup traveling northbound collided with a tanker trailer during a rainstorm. The pickup then crossed the grass median into the southbound lane, where it struck the distinctive zebra-striped vehicle driven by Fritz.
Hastings says police are still investigating the crash.
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