An overturned pickup blocks the eastbound lanes of Highway 20 near milepost 23, about five miles west of Sweet Home Monday afternoon, Aug. 8. The driver, Deborah L. Gerig, 42, of Sweet Home, was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead while being transported to the hospital. Oregon State Police and Sweet Home medics responded to a report of the single-vehicle crash at about 2 p.m. on Monday. A preliminary investigation revealed that the 2001…
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