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Cory M. Orsenico

Age : 32

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 04/22/2021

Location : US-101

City : Coquille

County : Coos

State : Oregon

Agency : Oregon State Police, Bandon Police Department

Officer(s) :Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed in police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

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REASON FOR CHASE: Reckless driving
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NARRATIVE:
On 04/22/2021 beginning at approximately 7:15 a.m., police received repeated reports of Cory Marcus Orsenico, 32, driving a red Mitsubishi Eclipse dangerously north on U.S. Highway 101 from the Port Orford area. Over the following hour, callers reported Orsenico speeding, swerving through traffic, passing on curves, making sudden U-turns, cutting off vehicles and semi-trucks, running red lights without slowing and traveling more than 60 mph through a Bandon school zone. Multiple law-enforcement agencies attempted to locate him.
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Near mile marker 247 by Belloni Boys Ranch, an Oregon State Police trooper traveling south encountered Orsenico traveling north. The trooper turned around to follow him, and the patrol vehicle and Mitsubishi made minor contact during the maneuver. Orsenico then accelerated away southbound.
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Investigators determined that Orsenico moved from the slow lane across the three-lane highway, crossed the double-yellow centerline and intentionally drove head-on into an oncoming vehicle driven by Dawn Adams, 54, with Jeffrey Adams, 78, as her passenger. Orsenico, Dawn and Jeffrey all died at the scene.
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The Coos County Sheriff's Office sought witnesses and video to reconstruct Orsenico's movements and ultimately stated that investigators had reason to believe the fatal collision was deliberate.
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One month before the fatal crash, Orsenico had been arrested in Orick, California. Humboldt County sheriff's deputies alleged that he entered a motel room uninvited, threatened a man with a knife, vandalized the man's vehicle and left. He was arrested on allegations including exhibiting a deadly weapon, criminal threats, vandalism and probation violation.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Oregon State Police trooper who encountered Orsenico and turned around to follow him was not publicly identified.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://kmph.com/news/local/sheriff-3-die-in-intentional-crash-on-oregon-coast-highway
https://kval.com/news/local/sheriff-3-dead-after-suspect-steers-sports-car-into-oncomign-traffic-on-oregon-coast
https://oregontoday.net/hwy-101-multiple-death-update-april-26-2021/
https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/3-dead-after-man-steers-sports-car-into-oncoming-traffic-oregon-highway/DWXHP2XDDZFCPJMCNCWUHGHOOE/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/three-die-highway-101-wreck-031800445.html
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2021/apr/25/man-arrested-orick-last-month-reportedly-killed-hi/
https://humboldtgov.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=3785