SALEM, Ore. — A woman in an electric-powered chair is dead after a crash in Salem on Wednesday morning, according to the Salem Police Department (SPD).
At around 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday first responders responded to reports of a crash involving a person riding an electric-powered chair and a car at the intersection of Liberty and River streets northeast in Salem.
In the initial investigation by the Salem Police Traffic Team, they found that a woman on a motorized chair tried to cross Liberty Street from east to west when she was hit by a car traveling northbound on Liberty Street, according to SPD.
Salem police said witnesses in the area reported that the woman, identified as 70-years-old Lois Marie Randall, entered the road close to oncoming traffic when the crash happened.
Randall was taken to Salem Health Hospital, where she later died from her injuries from the crash, SPD said.
The driver of the car, 36-year-old Jami Lee Duhrkoop, stayed at the scene and has been cooperating with Salem police throughout the investigation.
Northbound Liberty Street between River and South streets was closed for a couple hours during the investigation but has since reopened.
This incident marks the 13th fatal crash in Salem since the start of the year, according to Salem police.
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