BRIGHTWOOD — After reportedly driving erratically through The Mountain
community, Nicholas Ray Frazier, 29, of Gresham, was killed on Barlow Trail
Road. He was a former resident of Welches.

At 11:28 a.m., March 8, Frazier wheeled his car down an embankment an
estimated one-quarter mile east of Brightwood.

Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputies reported the lone occupant was "killed on
impact."

Witnesses notified Clackamas County Dispatch earlier that they had seen a
similar vehicle driving erratically on Arrah Wanna Boulevard in Welches and
that the vehicle struck a stop sign while departing the area.

Frazier’s vehicle was discovered crashed on the south side of East Barlow Trail
Road. The pickup was a 2002, silver Chevrolet Silverado.

The Sheriff’s Department indicated the vehicle appeared to have traveled off
the roadway at a high rate of speed and down a five-foot embankment where
it collided with a tree.

The crashed truck received significant damage to the cab portion of the
vehicle on the driver’s side door and roof.

Deputies reported the air bag did not deploy and Frazier was found not to
have been wearing the prescribed seat belt. Speed and alcohol were
contributing factors, according to the department.