A motorist was killed the morning of June 17 when her vehicle struck a swather’s boom on Highway 194 near Monmouth, Ore., in the mid-Willamette Valley.

Oregon State Police responded to the fatal crash at 6:38 a.m.

Preliminary investigation indicated a farming swather, operated by Dylan Wyatt Branch, 34, of Monmouth, was traveling westbound.

An eastbound Toyota 4Runner, driven by Erika Margit Smith, 59, of Dallas, hit the swather’s boom, left the roadway and came to rest in trees on the north shoulder of the roadway.

Smith was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Branch was not injured.

The highway was impacted for approximately four hours during the on-scene investigation.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Monmouth Police Department, Polk Fire District 1 and the Oregon Department of Transportation assisted with the crash.