Oregon State Police are investigating a two-vehicle motor vehicle crash on Westland Road Wednesday that resulted in a fatality.

Hermiston Fire responded to a head-on collision between a commercial semitrailer and a four-door 2007 Nissan Altima in the area of Westland Road and Ternes Lane that happened about 1 p.m. on Wednesday. The crash also ignited a nearby field fire.

State police said the driver of the semitrailer, Rafael Muniz Sanchez, 37, was taken to Good Shepherd Medical Center. State police identified the victim of the crash the driver of the Altima as a female but have not released her name. According to the East Oregonian, the family of the victim identified her as Yaretsy Peralta, 21, of Boardman.

An OSP press release said the Freightline truck pulling a semitrailer filled with onions was traveling north on Westland Road near Ternes Lane when it was hit head-on by the driver of the Altima traveling south.

The driver of the Altima attempted to pass another vehicle, OSP said. The collision between the vehicles caused an explosion, OSP Sgt. Seth Cooney said, causing both vehicles to ignite. The fire spread to a nearby field along Westland Road and was extinguished by fire crews on scene.

Cooney said the size and momentum of the truck sent the Nissan car backward an estimated 200 feet.

Ernest Casey, who works at Columbia Basis Onion, down the road from where the crash occurred, saw black smoke coming from that area as he was returning from lunch earlier in the day. Casey parked his pickup on Westland Road, which was blocked off for police and fire agencies. He and passerby Mike Blais watched as crews worked to extinguish remaining flames.

When I got here, everything was black and orange, Blais said.

The death is the second resulting from a motor vehicle crash within one week.

An Irrigon man was killed in a motor vehicle crash early Sunday morning at the intersection of East Punkin Center Road and Alpine Drive. Edgardo Edgar Carlos Cornejo, 30, of Irrigon died in the crash.

The Umatilla County Sheriffs Office responded to the incident but no additional information has been released.