Sisters ODOT worker found dead on Hwy. 20

A maintenance employee with the Oregon Department of Transportation died Monday while working at ODOT's Santiam Junction Maintenance Station, on Highway 20 near Sisters.

ODOT reports that a fellow worker found 60-year old James Michael Yankey lying on the ground near a snowplow at approximately 2 p.m. Yankey was unresponsive. The fellow employee administered CPR, but Yankey never regained consciousness.

Since no one witnessed what happened, the exact details remain unknown. Oregon State Police will conduct an investigation.

Yankey began employment with ODOT on February 9 as a transportation maintenance specialist.