WOODBURN, Ore. (KPTV) - A 20-year-old driver died after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 5 early Tuesday near Woodburn, according to the Oregon State Police.

The crash happened on southbound I-5 near milepost 267 at about 4:25 a.m.

Police say K’Rondre’ Demarcus Minor of Gresham was driving an Infiniti G35 north in the southbound lanes, when Minor crashed the Infiniti head-on into a Honda Civic heading south.

Minor was rushed to the hospital with critical injuries, but later died.

The Honda driver, a 22-year-old from Saint Helens, also suffered critical injuries, and authorities have not released any updated information about their current condition.

Traffic was backed up on I-5 South for about five hours while officers investigated the crash.

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