Flagger killed in Klamath County crash

By: Associated Press//June 19, 2019//

Flagger killed in Klamath County crash

Associated Press//June 19, 2019//

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A road construction flagger in Klamath Falls was killed after being struck Tuesday evening by a Mazda on Highway 140 East. (Oregon State Police) — A road construction flagger was killed after being struck Tuesday evening by a Mazda driven by a Klamath Falls woman on Highway 140 East. (Oregon State Police)

KLAMATH FALLS 鈥� Police say a road construction flagger was killed in southern Oregon when a motorist struck him in a highway construction zone.

Oregon State Police say 45-year-old Daniel Wessel was hit and pronounced dead at the scene along Highway 140 East in Klamath County on Tuesday evening.

Police say the preliminary investigation shows that 38-year-old Zahara Gonzales of Klamath Falls was driving a Mazda west on the highway when she entered the construction zone and the vehicle struck Wessel.

The circumstances of the crash 鈥� including whether Gonzales was speeding, impaired or distracted 鈥� are under investigation.

A state police spokesman told the Oregonian/OregonLive Wednesday that Gonzales has not been arrested. A person who answered the phone at Wessel’s employer, Rocky Mountain Construction, declined to comment.

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