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One of at least four major crashes on state highways over the weekend occurred in southern Oregon, where a man in a Ford Explorer drifted off an exit ramp and landed on a semi-truck driving east on Highway 42.

(Photo courtesy of Oregon State Police)

UPDATE SEPT. 20 AT 9:30 P.M.: Oregon State Police have identified the driver of the 2001 Volkswagen Jetta as Elisa Alvarez-Martinez. Alvarez-Martinez, a 49-year-old from Keizer, was killed after her car drifted into the center median of Highway 22 and rolled over.

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Oregon troopers responded to four vehicle crashes on the rainy west side of the state in the span of about 12 hours this weekend.

The first crash was at 4 p.m. Saturday on Highway 22, just west of Santiam Junction in the Cascade mountains. Alexander Shumilov, 31, of Salem, was driving west on the highway in a 2003 Volkswagen Jetta and tried to pass a slower vehicle, according to a police press release.

The highway was wet at the time and Shumilov lost control, slid off the south side of the highway, hit a tree and continued to roll down the embankment several times. Shumilov was pronounced dead at the scene.

At approximately 6:40 p.m., there was another fatal crash near the Oregon coast. Maricela Trujillo, 42, of Woodburn, was driving east on Highway 18 in a 1999 Honda Civic with two passengers, Sarah Trujillo and Rebeca Amador, both 20 and also from Woodburn.

The road was wet and when Maricela Trujillo was going around a curve, the Honda slid into the oncoming lane and collided with a 2010 Kia Soul going the opposite direction, according to police. The two passengers died at the scene, and Maricela Trujillo was taken to Legacy Emanuel Hospital with life threatening injuries. The driver of the Kia Soul, 23-year-old Douglas Bender, of Milwaukie, was not injured, although his two passengers were taken to Legacy Emanuel Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The next crash was at 10 p.m. west of Salem, near the Highway 22 and Highway 99 West interchange. An unidentified 49-year-old woman from Keizer was driving west on Highway 22 in a 2001 Volkswagen Jetta when she drifted into the center median. The car rolled over and came to rest on the passenger side, on the south side of the highway. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.

The fourth crash occurred at 4:15 a.m. in southern Oregon, when a man in a Ford Explorer drifted off an exit ramp and landed on a semi-truck driving east on Highway 42.

The driver of the Ford, Anthony Webber, 31, of Roseburg, was going south on I-5 when he took the exit for Highway 42. As Webber drove on what police described as "the sweeping right corner of the off-ramp," he drove off the ramp and rolled into the area between the ramp and Highway 42. While still airborne, Webber's Ford hit a Peterbilt semi-truck driven by Richard Arceo, 33, of Pasco, Washington.

Webber was pronounced dead at the scene, and Arceo was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg where he was treated for minor injuries, according to police.

-- Hillary Borrud

503-294-4034; @hborrud