The woman who drove the wrong-way on state Highway 14 late Saturday afternoon and died in a head-on collision was Sheila Marie Walls, 29, a Columbia Helicopters employee, officials said today.
She had left a memorial service for the company’s founder, Wes Lematta, at the Vancouver Washington Hilton.
Dan Sweet of Columbia Helicopters said Walls of Estacada was a records control clerk in the company’s Quality Department.
Trooper Dave Bourland of the Washington State Patrol said the accident happened in the westbound lane of the highway near the Portco tunnel, about 2.2 miles east of downtown. The accident happened at 4:35 p.m.