BANKS, OR : Deadly crash closes Highway 6 west of Banks on Thursday, 25th July 2019

A 19-year-old Hillsboro woman died and another Hillsboro teen was arrested on numerous charges including DUII after a crash into a semi-truck on Highway 6 near Banks.

Talita Weltzien, 19, was driving a Ford Fiesta eastbound on the highway when she crashed into the semi-truck, which was stopped in a construction zone, around 8 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Oregon State Police.After the first collision, the car went into the westbound lane and was hit by an oncoming SUV.

A passenger in the Fiesta, 19-year-old Elizabeth Shell of Hillsboro, died at the scene.

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