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Samaritan dies

Associated Press The Spokesman-Review

CORBETT, Ore. – A Vancouver, Wash., man who stopped to help at the scene of an accident on Interstate 84 plummeted to his death when he jumped over the guard-rail to dodge a passing truck.

Brian Allen Bernier, 37, of West Richland, had stopped to help the crash victim about five miles east of Multnomah Falls just before 10 p.m. Friday night, the Tri-City Herald, reported.

A passing truck forced him over the guardrail, where there was a 50-foot drop, according to an Oregon State Police report. The driver Bernier stopped to help, Macon Lee Davis, 32, of Portland, was treated and released. He was cited for driving under the influence.