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| Man killed in crash with semi; truck driver rescued from burning cab
Man killed in crash with semi; truck driver rescued from burning cab 12/12/07 Quote:
OAKRIDGE, Ore. – An Alabama man was killed Tuesday morning after the vehicle he was driving crossed into the opposite lane on Highway 58 and collided with a commercial truck, police said.
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The overturned trailer seen at the scene of the crash.
The truck's driver was pulled to safety by another commercial driver after the truck caught fire.
A Nissan Pathfinder driven by 23-year-old Marchbank Ashton Felchin II, from Gulf Shores, Alabama, was westbound on the highway, rounding a sweeping left curve when his car crossed into the eastbound lane.
That put him directly into the path of a Freightliner pulling a flatbed semi-trailer, said Oregon State Police Sgt. Lang Hinkle.
The truck driver, Jerry Dean Smith, 55, steered to the right shoulder to avoid the Nissan but both vehicles collided nearly head-on.
The impact caused the Nissan to spin around to the north shoulder where it rolled at least once. Felchin was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Freightliner truck and semi-trailer overturned, trapping Smith inside the cab as it caught fire. Maynard M. McCaul, from Junction City, stopped, kicked out a window and pulled Smith to safety, police said.
Smith was transported to the hospital.
The crash occurred about 12 miles east of Oakridge.
Speed may have been a contributing factor in the crash, according to police.
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