Eugene man hit head-on, killed by wrong-way driver
By KVAL.com staffGRANTS PASS, Ore. -- A Eugene man died in a four-car crash caused by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 5 late Tuesday night, according to state police. Michael Brent Police, 28, of Eugene was pronounced dead at the scene. His 1991 Toyota pickup was hit head-on by a 1989 Toyota 4x4 pickup driven southbound in the northbound lanes of I-5 by Malcolm Henry Armstrong, 81, from Days Creek, Ore., according to state police. State police dispatch received a report of a wrong-way driver at 11:37 p.m. One of the callers told dispatchers the driver pulled over to the side of the interstate, then pulled out and continued driving the wrong way. Five minutes after that call, an Oregon State Police trooper spotted numerous vehicles crashed in the northbound lanes near milepost 53. Investigators believe Armstrong sideswiped a 2002 Dodge pickup driven by Nicholas King, 18, from Grants Pass, Ore., then collided with a 2007 Kia Sedona minivan operated by Scott Wesley Kemp, 41, from Escalon, Calif., before crashing head-on into Police's Toyota. Armstrong was ejected from his pickup by the crash. Rescuers took him to Three Rivers Community Hospital with serious injuries. Troopers later learned Armstrong was listed as a missing/endangered person due to some possible memory-related problems. Both King and Kemp were uninjured. A passenger in King's vehicle, Brett L. Lewis, 17, from Grants Pass, Ore., was also uninjured. Three other occupants in the Kia identified as Joan Bognot Kemp, 41, Kayla Amaya Kemp, 7 and Miya Chio Kemp, 9, all of Escalon, Calif., were also uninjured. The crash caused a closure of the northbound lanes for over two hours while personnel from the Oregon State Police Grants Pass and Central Point offices, ODOT, Rural Metro Fire Department, Grants Pass Department of Public Safety, Rogue River Fire Department, AMR, Caveman Towing, Crystal Peak Towing, Bulldog Towing and Fairgrounds Towing worked on the scene. |
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