Teen dies Friday morning in crash near Pendleton
Published 6:20 pm Friday, July 9, 2021
- Traffic backs up Friday morning, July 9, 2021, on the eastbound side of Interstate 84 due to a fatal crash near about 7 miles from Pendleton. Oregon State Police reported a semitrailer crashed into a stopped Honda Accord near milepost 217, injuring two adults, a 9-year-old girl and killing a 17-year-old boy.
PENDLETON — A semitrailer that crashed into a passenger car Friday morning, July 9, near Pendleton left several injured and a teen dead.
Oregon State Police reported troopers and emergency personnel at approximately 6:32 a.m. responded to the crash on Interstate 84 near milepost 217.
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The preliminary investigation revealed Durid Fathey, 57, of Spokane, was driving an International semitrailer eastbound in the slow lane when it traveled onto the shoulder and collided with a stopped Honda Accord.
Domingo Suarez Aguirre, 38, of Burien, Washington, and Fortina Vicente Arroyo, 38, of Seattle, were in the Honda, along with two juveniles, according to state police.
An air ambulance flew Suarez Aguirre to a hospital because of his injuries, and ambulances took Vicente Arroyo and a 9-year-old girl to CHI St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton.
But a 17-year-old male passenger, state police reported, suffered fatal injuries.
State police did not identify the juveniles.
Fathey suffered minor injuries and did not go to a hospital.
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The crash closed the eastbound side of the interstate at exit 216 for approximately 4 hours.
The Umatilla Tribal Police Department, Umatilla Fire Department and Oregon Department of Transportation personnel also responded to the crash.
An earlier version of this story used Durid Jathey for the name of the semi driver, based on information Friday, July 9. The media log from the Oregon State Police office in Pendleton on July 12 shows a name of Durid Fathey.