COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) - Authorities say two teenagers have died in a crash that seriously injured a 16-year-old girl and hurt an Oregon State Police trooper.
Coos County District Attorney Paul Frasier says in a news release the driver of a Mitsubishi lost control of the vehicle Sunday on Highway 101, crossed over the center line and hit the trooper’s truck head-on. A third vehicle crashed while trying to avoid the wreck.
The Mitsubishi driver and his passenger, both 18, died at the scene. The two men were from the Coos Bay area.
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A 16-year-old girl riding in the back seat was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
The trooper was taken to a hospital and expected to be released the same day.
Four passengers in the third vehicle were uninjured.
Authorities say speed may have been a factor in the collision.
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