Donna Parker and Robert Aparicio Die in Highway 101 Crash in Tillamook County
Tillamook County, Oregon (July 26, 2023) – The Oregon State Police have released the identities of two people who died Saturday morning after their vehicles collided head-on in Tillamook County.
The fatal crash happened at about 10:24 a.m. Saturday, July 22, 2023, on Highway 101 near milepost 58.
According to the police, Robert Allen Aparicio, 30, of Tillamook, was driving a white Chevy Suburban northbound on Highway 101 when, for unknown reasons, he crossed into the southbound lane and collided head-on with a Ford Fusion operated by 89-year-ld Donna Parker of Nehalem.
Parker sustained fatal injuries and was declared dead at the scene. Aparicio was taken to a local hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Highway 101 was shut down for about four hours as the police investigated the incident.
The incident remains under investigation.
Head-on collisions are car accidents that occur when two vehicles traveling in opposite directions collide. In most occasions, head-on car accidents are caused by one of the drivers traveling in the wrong direction or trying to pass traffic on a busy freeway. These types of vehicle accidents can be particularly severe due to the high speeds at which many vehicles travel on California roads.
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