Fatal truck crash on I-84 in Hood River

A 65-year old Washington man died at the wheel of the semi he was driving Friday at approximately 5:30 a.m. about a half-mile west of milepost 63 on Interstate 84 in Hood River. Melvin Roy Schwark, age 64, from Lyle, Washington, was going westbound and struck a guardrail, then traveled another 100 yards before veering into the wide, sloped median and colliding with a pine tree, which was severed.

Oregon State Police Sgt. Les Kipper said at the scene that the driver was dead when Hood River City Police arrived.