PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police have identified Cecilia R. Hao, 70, of Vancouver, as the second driver who was killed in early March in what investigators believe was a head-on collision on the Glenn Jackson Bridge.
The other driver was identified previously as Morise Messiah Smith, a 21-year-old man, also from Vancouver, the Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
According to authorities, Portland police officers responded to the scene of the crash on the bridge, which crosses the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington, at about 1:11 a.m. on March 8. They found a Toyota RAV4 on fire, and a Chrysler 300 against the eastern concrete barrier. Smith was driving the Chrysler, and Hao was driving the Toyota.
Portland Police Major Crash Team investigators believe that the Chrysler was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of I-205, the Toyota was traveling northbound, and that the cars collided head-on. Both drivers died at the scene of the crash, and there were no other people in the vehicles involved.
The investigation into the crash is continuing.
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