Fatality in two-vehicle crash on Highway 26

Published 7:29 am Saturday, September 18, 2021

A Garibaldi woman was killed last Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 26.

Leah Brown, 30, was driving a 1998 Ford Explorer westbound near milepost 11 at about 7:20 a.m. when the vehicle crossed the centerline and struck a semitruck, according to Oregon State Police. Brown was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The highway was closed for four hours after the crash.

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