2 dead, 2 hurt in separate Oregon logging accidents

(Update: Adding second, unrelated logging accident)

ALSEA, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say two men have died and two others were injured Friday morning in separate logging incidents in Western Oregon.

The Benton County Sheriff’s Office says Hector Rodarte died and Ricky Payton was injured when a log rolled on them at a logging site near Alsea.

The sheriff’s office says Rodarte, of Monmouth, died at the scene.

Payton, of Independence, was hoisted out of a steep ravine by emergency personnel and taken to a Corvallis hospital.

Meanwhile, Linn County Sheriff Jim Yon says two men were trapped under a log near Lyons.

Yon says Terry Gene Nelson and Ian Buczko were working as choker-setters on a steep embankment when a log rolled onto them.

He says Nelson of Scio died at a Portland hospital while Buczko was taken to a hospital in Stayton with injuries of unknown severity