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Boise woman killed in head-on crash in Oregon

<p>A Boise woman died in a head-on crash in western Oregon Sunday morning.</p>

CHEMULT, Ore. - A Boise woman died in a head-on crash in west-central Oregon Sunday morning, Oregon State Police said.

The crash happened at about 10:30 a.m. on Highway 97, 10 miles south of town of Chemult. According to investigators, the driver of a Honda Pilot drifted across the center line and hit a Toyota Matrix head-on.

The driver of the Toyota, 27-year-old Melissa Kay Gibson, of Boise, died at the scene. A 22-year-old passenger in Gibson's car was taken to a Klamath Falls hospital.

The Honda's driver, 19-year-old Elizabeth Brown, of Klamath Falls, was also taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Investigators say fatigue is a possible factor in the crash.

The highway was closed for about an hour and half while police worked to clear the scene.

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