Car strikes house on State Road 160

WASHINGTON CO. – At approximately 8:45 p.m. on June 15, Washington County Sheriff’s Department deputies and emergency response personnel were dispatched to the address 7138 E State Road 160 in reference to a motor vehicle colliding with a house.

Cameron Morris, 20, of Salem, was traveling west on E State Road 160 in a green Chevrolet Cavalier when he ran off the north side of the roadway and overcorrected to the south onto the roadway causing him to lose control of his vehicle.

Morris swerved back to the north side of the roadway to miss an oncoming vehicle which caused him to leave the roadway and collided with a house.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation.

Morris was wearing his seat belt at the time of the accident. He refused medical treatment by Washington County Ambulance Service.