ASTORIA, Ore. -- One woman was killed Tuesday in a two-car crash on the Astoria-Megler Bridge.
Oregon State Police said 51-year-old Kathleen Ann Brock of Long Beach, Wash. was driving a rented Saturn when she tried to pass a vehicle pulling a trailer.
Her car hit an oncoming Dodge pickup at a high rate of speed, investigators said. Brock died at the scene.
The Dodge driver was seriously hurt and taken to a Portland hospital by LifeFlight.
OSP said Brock was not wearing a seatbelt.
The bridge was reopened just after 3 p.m. and the cause of the crash was under investigation.
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