Four injured in three separate accidents.Byline: Jim Feehan The Register-Guard Four people were sent to the hospital in three separate accidents in Lane County on Friday. A wreck involving a tractor-trailer truck and two cars sent one woman to the hospital and blocked traffic on Highway 58 near Oakridge for a brief period in the afternoon. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Oregon State Police, a truck driven by Joshua Hadden, 23, of Springfield slammed into the back of two cars that had slowed for someone making a left turn into a trailer court about 1:10 p.m. Hadden told investigators he didn't see the cars, police said. He was cited for following too close. The driver of a 2004 Toyota Camry The Toyota Camry is a mid-size sedan assembled by Toyota in Georgetown, Kentucky; Altona, Victoria, Guangzhou, China and the original factory in Toyota City, Japan. In some markets, the top range Camry models are seen as executive cars. , Joyce Cofer, 53, of Bend, was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center Sacred Heart Medical Center may refer to: In the United States:
In the second accident, shortly before 6 p.m., a car carrying six Eugene teenagers returning from a swimming trip at Triangle Lake collided head-on with a sport utility vehicle at Highway 99 at Meadowview Road, near the Eugene Airport Eugene Airport (IATA: EUG, ICAO: KEUG), also known as Mahlon Sweet Field, is a public airport located 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Eugene, in Lane County, Oregon. . The crash sent their Dodge Neon The Neon was a compact front wheel drive car introduced in January of 1994 for the 1995 model year by Chrysler Corporation's Dodge and Plymouth brands. It was branded as a Chrysler model in Mexico, Japan, and European export markets, as well as briefly in Canada. spinning out of control, and it later burst into flames, said Oregon State Police Senior Trooper J.D. Hawkins. The Neon was traveling south on Highway 99 at a high rate of speed when the 16-year-old girl driving the car made an abrupt left-hand turn onto Meadowview Road, Hawkins said. The collision sent the 2000 Ford Excursion The Ford Excursion is a full-size sport utility vehicle that was produced by the Ford Motor Company between model years 2000 and 2005. It was the largest SUV in the lineup while it was produced. through one ditch, over a set of train tracks and into a second ditch. The Neon came to rest off Highway 99, causing a small grass fire extinguished by crews from the Lane Rural Fire District. One of the passengers in the Neon was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center with a non-life threatening injury, Hawkins said. The drivers' names were not released by state police. The teen driver will be cited for reckless driving reckless driving n. operation of an automobile in a dangerous manner under the circumstances, including speeding (or going too fast for the conditions, even though within the posted speed limit), driving after drinking (but not drunk), having too many passengers in and violating the conditions of her provisional driver's license Noun 1. driver's license - a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle driver's licence, driving licence, driving license license, permit, licence - a legal document giving official permission to do something , Hawkins said. About half an hour later, Oregon State Police troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 58 at Seavey Loop Road, about a mile east of Interstate 5, that sent a sport utility vehicle crashing into a house. A Toyota 4-Runner exited I-5 and was traveling east at what police say was a high rate of speed in the westbound lane of Highway 58 when it broadsided a Toyota RAV 4 that was stopped at the intersection of Seavey Loop Road. The crash sent the Toyota 4-Runner onto a lawn, and it struck a nearby house, while the RAV 4 stopped in a clump of bushes, said Oregon State Police Trooper Elijah Chambers. Both occupants of the vehicles were sent to Sacred Heart The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of the divine love for humanity This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church and also used in the Anglican Church. with non-life threatening injuries. The names, ages and hometowns of the injured were not released. No one in the house was injured, Chambers said. Reporter Rebecca Nolan contributed to this report |
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