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Military Convoy Involved In Fatal Crash

(Clatskanie, OR) -- A member of a military convoy was killed in a crash on Sunday in Columbia County. Oregon State Police say a convoy was westbound on Highway 30 near Clatskanie [[ KLATTS-can-eye ]] when it had a mechanical problem. A Humvee traveling eastbound stopped in the passing lane to help. One of the National Guard members, 29-year-old Gonzalo Martinez, the third, of Cleveland, Texas, got out and was hit by a pickup that crashed into the Humvee. The pickup driver, 72-year-old Richard Erickson, of Clatskanie, and Martinez were taken to St. John's Hospital in Longview. Martinez died at the hospital. Erickson is hospitalized in stable condition.

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