Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a report of a two-vehicle serious injury crash on US-101 just south of Depoe Bay on Saturday morning, June 9.
Preliminary investigation revealed a blue 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier, allegedly operated by 38-year-old Rhonda Colleen Jean Messer, of South Beach, was traveling southbound on US-101. Messer lost control of the vehicle and it spun into the northbound lanes. The Cavalier crashed, nearly head, on with a silver 2000 Lincoln passenger car operated by Robert Anthony Franno, age 75, of Newport.
Both Messer and a passenger, 36-year-old Gary Blaine Moore, of Lincoln City, were ejected from the Cavalier and landed in the ditch on the east side of the roadway. Franno was extricated from the Lincoln by Depoe Bay Fire. All occupants were transported by air ambulance to various hospitals with serious and critical injuries.
Unfortunately, On June 11, 75-year-old Robert Anthony Franno, of Newport passed away at the hospital as a result of injuries sustained in the crash.
US-101 was closed for five and a half hours following the crash. Oregon State Police was assisted by ODOT and Depoe Bay Fire District.
Impairment, of Messer, is being considered as a contributing factor of the crash.
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