This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: marysday Surnames: Wagner, Lockhart, McCuen, Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.lincoln/5618/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The News Guard, Lincoln City, OR 97367 Posted October 27, 2010 LINCOLN CITY WOMAN KILLED A Lincoln City woman was killed when her vehicle was crushed by a pole trailer at the intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 229 just outside Toledo on Monday, Oct. 25. Police say Tamara Elizabeth Wagner, a 52-year-old wildlife biologist with the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, was heading west on Highway 20 when her Chevrolet pickup collided with an overturned pole trailer that came hurtling along the roadway toward her. According to Oregon State Police, the pole trailer overturned after a Chevrolet passenger car pulled out from Highway 229 directly into the path of the Freightliner truck that was pulling it eastbound along Highway 20. Police say the car struck the truck's passenger side, with the impact causing the empty pole trailer to detach and crash into Wagner's oncoming pickup. Wagner was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger car driver, 82-year-old Martha Lockhart, of Olivehurst, Calif., was transported by ambulance to Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport for treatment of non-life threatening injuries The truck driver, 57-year-old Michael McCuen, of Fall Creek, was uninjured. The collision took place at about 3:37 p.m. and led police to close the intersection for approximately seven hours. OSP troopers from the Newport Area Command office, with the assistance of OSP collision reconstructionists from Newport and Springfield offices, are leading the investigation. Wagner, known as Tami, had been with ODFW for 21 years, the last 14 of which she spent at the Newport field office, working on efforts to expand and improve natural habitat for native species. ODFW spokesman Rick Hargrave said Wagner was an "amazing personality" who will be deeply missed. "She was very much respected," he said, "not only among her colleagues there at that particular office but across the agency." Wagner also served on the advisory board of the Westwind Stewardship Group, an interdisciplinary body charged with overseeing development of a conservation plan to manage the 508-acre Westwind nature preserve north of Lincoln City. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.