Ore. man, Fergus Falls woman killed in single car crash

TENMILE, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man and a Minnesota woman have died in a single car crash near Tenmile, Ore.

Oregon State Police say 37-year-old Jason Wiess, of Tenmile, was westbound on Oregon Highway 42 at about 9:35 p.m. Saturday when he lost control of his Chevy Impala at a high rate of speed along a curve.

The car rolled several times.

Wiess was taken to a Roseburg, Ore., hospital, where he died. A back seat passenger, 44-year-old Karen Pourrier of Fergus Falls, Minn., was ejected and died at the scene.

Another back seat passenger, 44-year-old Micha Weiss of Erhard, Minn., also was ejected. He was taken to the Roseburg hospital with critical injuries and later transported to a Portland hospital.

A front seat passenger, 32-year-old Shannon Smith, suffered non-life threatening injuries.

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