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A Sweet Home-area woman was killed early Thursday, March 14, in a head-on collision near Harrisburg.

Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon said deputies reponded at 6:55 a.m. to the crash on Peoria Road near Irish Bend Loop.

Yon said Kelly Flower, 55, of Foster, was driving a 2003 Honda Accord southbound on Peoria Road when she appeared to have crossed the centerline into the oncoming lane. Her vehicle struck a 2016 Chevrolet Traverse driven by Colleen Wedin, 49, of Eugene, northbound on Peoria. The two vehicles collided head-on. 

This section of Peoria Road was straight and it is unknown what ca...