Published:Monday, October 6, 2008 10:22 AM PDT
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Drain man killed in accident
Monday, October 6, 2008 10:22 AM PDT

A Drain man died Friday afternoon in a single-vehicle accident on state Highway 38.

Emergency responders pronounced Thomas D. Coleman, 62, dead at the scene of the accident, about four miles west of Drain.

According to an Oregon State Police press release, at about 1:02 p.m., a 1993 Chevrolet pickup was eastbound, negotiating a slight right curve near milepost 46 when it drove off the right shoulder and into a small ravine. The pickup went more than 200 feet before rolling onto its top. Coleman was wearing a seat belt, police said.

He was extricated from the pickup by fire personnel from North Douglas Fire District.

Oregon State Police troopers from the Roseburg Area Command office are continuing the investigation into the cause of the crash.


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