On Monday evening, just before 9:00pm, June 28th, Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel including the Illinois Valley Fire District, California Highway Patrol, and the Oregon Department of Transportation responded to a vehicle crash on Hwy. 199 near the Oregon/California stateline.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a Toyota Highlander, operated by 24 year old Ariana Alvarez-Perez of Crescent City, was southbound on Hwy. 199 when an ATV/4-Wheeler entered the highway from a side dirt road. The Highlander and the ATV collided.
Alvarez-Perez and the passengers in the Highlander were not injured, however, the operator of the ATV sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased.
