BAKER CITY — One person was killed Saturday, Dec. 11, in a single vehicle crash on Highway 26 in Baker County, according to the Oregon State Police.

Maureen Welsh, 69, of Harper, was eastbound on Highway 26, when she failed to negotiate a corner, and her Ford Excursion left the roadway and crashed into a tree. Welsh sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead, police said.

The crash occurred around 11:30 a.m. and closed Highway 26 for approximately seven hours.

Deputies from the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, John Day Ambulance and Oregon Department of Transportation assisted state police at the scene.