Authorities identify 20-year-old Damond L. Eidegrass on early Thursday morning. Repeatedly, various vehicles hit him on I-5 near Ridgefield.
Damond L. Eidegrass was walking in the second lane of the freeway near milepost 9 at about 3 a.m. Meanwhile, Hardip Singh driving a 2013 Kenworth truck struck him. Subsequently three other vehicles hit him, including Derek L. Broetje, 37, of Milwaukie 31 driving a 2017 BMW, Joy H. Price, 31, of Albany steering a 2020 Freightliner truck, and Veronica Minjarez, 47, of Vancouver driving a 2008 Honda Civic.
Eidegrass died at the scene. Moreover, the wreck did not cause injuries to anyone else. Afterwards, medics admitted Price to Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center as a precautionary measure.
Furthermore, authorities shut down the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 south of 179th Street near Ridgefield for almost four hours.
However, they opened southbound traffic lanes again for traffic shortly after 7 a.m.
As per officials, drugs or alcohol played a factor in the crash.
February 24, 2021
Source: Columbian
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