The Salem Police Traffic Team is investigating a deadly crash resulting in one person deceased and one person hospitalized.
Just after 2 a.m. on March 1, two adult pedestrians were struck by a pickup truck on Silverton Rd NE near Highway Ave NE. Both were transported to Salem Health where Raymond Dale, 77, died from his injures. The second pedestrian, Ephraim Dale, 49 of Salem, remains hospitalized with critical injuries. A third pedestrian, a 17-year-old female, was traveling with them and witnessed the crash.
Emergency personnel from both Salem Police and Salem Fire were heavily involved in managing this incident and the road remained closed for several hours.
The driver of the truck, Eugene Ensinger, 63 of Salem, stayed at the scene and the circumstances of the crash remain under investigation.
This is Salem’s third traffic fatality of 2025
