Condon women die in head-on crash

Published 7:05 am Thursday, December 2, 2021

THE DALLES — Two women from Condon and a man from McMinnville died Tuesday, Nov. 30, in a fiery head-on crash.

Oregon State Police reported the troopers and emergency personnel at approximately 5:24 p.m. responded to the report of a head-on collision in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84 near milepost 89, about 3 miles east of The Dalles.

The preliminary investigation, according to state police, revealed Colin Leas, 32, of McMinnville, was driving a Subaru Forester west on the eastbound lanes and crashed head-on into a Kia Sorrento. Both vehicles became fully engulfed in flames immediately after impact.

Jessica Treadwell, 35, of Condon, was driving the Sorrento, and Lorena Sparkman, 56, also of Condon, was a passenger. Oregon State Police reported Leas, Treadwell and Sparkman all suffered fatal injuries.

The crash resulted in the closure of eastbound lanes of I-84 for approximately two-and-a-half hours.

The Dalles Police Department, Wasco County Sheriff’s Office, Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue and Oregon Department of Transportation also responded to the crash.

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