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Byline: The Register-Guard

Woman seriously hurt

in one-car accident

MARCOLA - A Marcola-area woman was seriously injured in a one-car, rollover A graphic element in an application or on a Web page that changes its color or shape when the pointer is moved (rolled) over it. See JavaScript rollover. See also n-key rollover.  accident on Marcola Road on Tuesday.

The accident, which occurred at 5:43 p.m., was north of Marcola at milepost 17, according to according to
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 the Lane County sheriff's office.

Witnesses said the victim was driving recklessly before the crash, Deputy Carl Wilkerson said. The victim was the only person in the car.

The woman, whose name was not released, was in a newer model Pontiac Bonneville The Pontiac Bonneville was an automobile built by the Pontiac division of General Motors from 1958 to 2005. Introduced as a limited production performance convertible in the Pontiac Star Chief model range during the 1957 model year, the Bonneville became its own series in 1958. . Wilkerson said the woman is in the intensive care unit at Sacred Heart Medical Center Sacred Heart Medical Center may refer to:

In the United States:
  • Sacred Heart Medical Center — Eugene, Oregon
  • Sacred Heart Medical Center — Spokane, Washington
See also
  • Sacred Heart Hospital (disambiguation)
. He described her injuries at fairly serious.

Woman dies after car

goes into Siuslaw River The Siuslaw River (pronounced sigh YOU slaw) is a river, approximately 110 mi (177 km) long, along the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States. It drains an area of approximately 4560 sq mi (11900 km²) in the Central Oregon Coast Range southwest of the Willamette  

MAPLETON - A woman was killed Tuesday evening after her car went into the Siuslaw River, according to the Lane County sheriff's office.

The accident occurred at milepost 4.7 on Sweet Creek Road, south of Mapleton, at 7:14 p.m.

The sheriff's office dive team as well as the Coast Guard were working at the scene Tuesday night to retrieve the driver's body, according to the sheriff's office.

The driver's name and other details were unavailable.

Fire chief persuades man not to jump from bridge

FLORENCE - The fire chief here talked a suicidal man down from the Siuslaw River Bridge The Siuslaw River Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Siuslaw River in Florence, Oregon. It was designed by Conde McCullough, built by the Mercer-Fraser Company of Eureka, California, and funded by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (later renamed the Public  on Monday afternoon. Police closed the bridge and traffic backed up for miles.

Florence police responded to the bridge at 1:50 p.m. and found the 35-year-old Florence man perched on the arch of the bridge, threatening to jump, police said. Members of the Siuslaw Valley Fire Department, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Lane County Sheriff's Office soon arrived.

Fire Chief John Buchanan started talking with the man and after about 20 minutes, he climbed down from the arch. Police arrested the man on a charge of disorderly conduct disorderly conduct

Conduct likely to lead to a disturbance of the public peace or that offends public decency. It has been held to include the use of obscene language in public, fighting in a public place, blocking public ways, and making threats.
 and took him into custody for a mental evaluation.

He told police that he was upset because the car he had been living in was recently impounded when an officer who pulled him over found he did not have a driver's license or insurance.
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Title Annotation:REGION; General News
Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Date:Jul 9, 2003
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