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Wednesday, March 19, at 5:23 a.m., Oregon State Police responded to a single vehicle crash on 199, near milepost 16 in Josephine County.
A preliminary investigation indicated a northbound Ford F-150 driven by a Cave Junction man struck a pedestrian, Buck Carlos Gene Arby Ward, 58, of Crescent City who was in the roadway for unknown reasons.
Ward was declared deceased at the scene.
The operators of the F-150 was reportedly not injured. The highway was not impacted during the on-scene investigation. Weather conditions (fog) is being considered a contributing factor in the crash. OSP was assisted by Illinois Valley Fire.