Prineville Man Killed in Wreck North of Klamath Falls

A Prineville-area man died and his wife was injured Tuesday afternoon when their pickup traveled off Highway 97 about 12 miles north of Klamath Falls and rolled down an embankment.

According to Oregon State Police Trooper Patrick Irish, 2:45 p.m. Tuesday a 1996 Dodge Ram pickup driven by Al Lennon Neville, 84, from Prineville, was northbound on Highway 97 near milepost 260 when, for an unknown reason, it drove across the southbound lane and off the opposite shoulder.  The pickup traveled down the embankment and rolled, coming to rest on its top about 40 feet from the highway near railroad tracks.

Neville was pronounced dead at the scene.  He was using safety restraints and the pickup's airbags deployed.

His wife, Clara Belle Neville, 79, was using safety restraints and suffered non-life threatening injuries.  She was transported by ambulance to Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls.

OSP troopers from the Klamath Falls Area Command office are continuing the investigation.  ODOT, Klamath County Fire District, and Union Pacific Railroad law enforcement personnel assisted at the scene.