Car flipped, trapping driver inside in Hwy 99 crash
EUGENE, Ore. -- An SUV was flipped on its side after a van driver ran a red light at the intersection of Highway 99 and Roosevelt Blvd. on Saturday night, Eugene Police said.
Emergency crews from Eugene Fire and Police responded to the crash just after 6:20 p.m. Saturday.
They arrived to find a 1996 Geo Tracker overturned by a van that had "failed to obey the traffic control device" at the intersection of Four Corners, where Roosevelt and Highway 99 meet.
The driver of the Geo, later identified as 65-year-old Gary Wayne Stimson of Eugene, was trapped inside the overturned vehicle. Stimson was extricated from the SUV before being taken to the hospital, where police said he received treatment for serious injuries.
Police arrested the driver of the van, Douglas Lee Price, 46 of Junction City, on charges of reckless driving, reckless endangering and assault III. He was lodged at the Lane County Jail.
The area directly around the crash was closed to traffic for around two hours after the crash while crews and investigators worked the scene.
Seems like this intersection has been in the news a LOT lately... maybe I'll avoid it for the next few weeks!
2 hours to figure out what happened? Seems like every donut eater was there gawking.Â
It takes time to reconstruct the accident. I'm sure they knew right away what happened but there are lots of measurements, etc that they need to document. If this guy pleads not guilty and the case goes to trial they need to have all their ducks in a row to get a conviction. Sloopy investigations are one of the main reasons people get off. All it takes is for the defense attorney to find one mistake that creates reasonable doubt in a jurors mind.