SEAL ROCK – A 23-year-old Waldport was killed Wednesday afternoon on U.S. Highway 101 north of Seal Rock when his car went out of control near Ona Beach State Park and collided with an oncoming pickup.
Oregon State Police said Jonathan J. Channels of Waldport died about 3:55 p.m. Wednesday when his southbound Ford Taurus crossed into the northbound lane just south of Beaver Creek. Channels’ car collided with a Ram 2500 pickup driven by Michael Nelsen, 54, of Santa Rosa, Calif.
Channels died at the scene, police said. Nelsen and a passenger were taken to Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport with minor injuries.
The highway was closed for approximately four hours during the investigation and re-routed on South Beaver Creek Road.
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