A 52-year-old Warm Springs Man died after he was struck by a vehicle Tuesday on Highway 97 near Redmond. According to Oregon State Police, the preliminary investigation indicated that Deschutes County 9-1-1 received a call of a person sitting in the median of an unlighted portion of Highway 97 near the NE Maple Avenue overpass at approximately 12:19 a.m.
A short time later, Corey Lee Smith, 52, of Warm Springs was in the right northbound lane of Highway 97 when he was struck by a Ford F-150.
Smith was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the Ford and a passenger were uninjured. The northbound lanes of Highway 97 were closed for approximately three hours.
OSP was assisted by the Redmond Police Department, Redmond Fire Department, and Oregon Department of Transportation.
