Four-car crash kills LCC student
Police have tentatively identified the victim as Heidi Rosanna Johnson, 20, from North Bend, Ore. Police believe Johnson was traveling to the Eugene/Springfield area, where she was a student at Lane Community College. By KVAL Web StaffSCOTTSBURG, Ore. -- A Lane Community College student and her dog died Saturday afternoon in a four-vehicle crash between the Oregon Coast and the Interstate 5 corridor that seriously injured six other people.
Her dog also died in the crash. Oregon State Police believe a Toyata Sequoia driven by John Flaxel, 72, of Coos Bay, Ore., was westbound on Highway 38 when it crossed the centerline and sideswiped a Ford F150 driven by Konrad Kennelly, 50, of Port Angeles, Wash. The Toyota continued into the eastbound lane and collided head-on with Johnson's Volkswagen Jetta, causing it to land off the highway and catch fire. A third eastbound vehicle, a Chrysler minivan driven by Shirley Powell, 59, of Sutherlin, Ore., saw the collision and steered to avoid the Toyota. The minivan came to a stop off the highway in a ditch. The Ford F150 pickup came to a stop overturned in the middle of the highway.
The driver of the Toyota, Flaxel, accompanied an OSP trooper to Bay Area Hospital for an evaluation where it was discovered he was bleeding internally. He was transported to a Eugene-area hospital by air ambulance. His passenger, Joy Flaxel, was transported by air ambulance to Sacred Heart Hospital at RiverBend in Eugene. The driver of the minivan, Powell, and her husband Evert Powell, 59, were transported with minor injuries by ambulance to Bay Area Hospital. OSP troopers from the Coos Bay and Roseburg Area Command offices are continuing the investigation with the assistance of an OSP crash reconstructionist. Highway 38 was closed 3 hours before being opened to one lane. |
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Police have tentatively identified the victim as Heidi Rosanna Johnson, 20, from North Bend, Ore. Police believe Johnson was traveling to the Eugene/Springfield area, where she was a student at Lane Community College.
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