26-05-2025
One dead, five hospitalized after two-car crash on Highway 26
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A woman was killed and five others hospitalized after a crash on Highway 26 near the Oregon Coast Saturday night.
Just after 6 p.m., Oregon State Police troopers responded to reports of a two-vehicle crash at milepost 31 near Timber.
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Arriving at the scene, they found a westbound Toyota RAV4 had crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a Nissan Sentra.
There were four people in the Nissan, officials said. The driver, Austin, Texas resident Bassam Moussan, 62, and two of the passengers, Matthew Moussan, 34, and Whitne Moussan, 30, were seriously injured and taken to a hospital. Matthew is from Vancouver, Wash. and Whitne from Davis, California.
The third passenger, Michelle Moussan of Vancouver, died at the scene. She was 59.
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The SUV driver, Fred Camino, 64, and passenger Ann Martinez, 60 – both from Seattle – were also hospitalized with serious injuries.
The cause of the crash is currently under investigation.
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