Blue River, OR : Man died in a car crash on Highway 126 near Belknap Springs Road on Sunday, August 7, 2016

Oregon State Police are investigating a car crash that involved a Wilder woman and left one man dead.

Emergency personnel responded at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday to the report of a single vehicle crash on Highway 126 at milepost 19 (near Belknap Springs Road).

The preliminary investigation revealed a vehicle was traveling eastbound on Highway 126 when it crossed the centerline and into the path of a 2007 Toyota Tacoma towing a travel trailer. The vehicle then moved back into the eastbound lane, but the driver of the Toyota lost control while trying to avoid a collision.

The Toyota crashed into a dirt embankment, collided with several trees and rolled over. The driver, Kermit N. Lisle Jr., 64, of Salem, Oregon, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the other vehicle continued eastbound but was located a short time later. The driver was identified as Leslie A. Wright, 64, of Wilder, and is cooperating with the investigation.

OSP was assisted by the Bureau of Land Management Law Enforcement, Upper McKenzie Fire and EMS and the Oregon Department of Transportation.

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Oregon crash leaves one man dead