Spokane Valley man dies in crash on I-84 in Oregon

A Spokane Valley man died and his passenger was seriously injured in a crash on Interstate 84 in Oregon Wednesday.

Spokane Valley resident Richard A. Cochrane, 74, was driving his 2005 Dodge Ram pickup west on I-84 about 14 miles east of La Grande around 3 p.m. when his truck crashed through a guardrail and flipped over in the median, according to the Oregon State Police. It is not known why Cochrane’s truck left the freeway.

His passenger, 73-year-old Joanne K. Cochrane, was seriously injured in the crash. One lane of the eastbound and westbound lanes were closed for about three hours.