Driver seriously injured in crash
COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. - One person suffered serious injuries in a two-car crash Friday morning in Cottage Grove.
The victim, whose identity was not immediately released, was pulled from the wreckage by firefighters and taken to the trauma unit at Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.
The other driver refused medical care at the scene.
The crash happened around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of River Road and Woodson Place Bridge.
South Lane County Fire and Rescue responded to the crash.
The accident is being investigated by the City of Cottage Grove Police Department to determine the cause.
 I hope everyone will be ok.  We live on N River rd and we have someone pull out in front of us once to twice a week from the bridge in front of the elks lodge.  People seem to forget not everyone is turning onto the bridge. A lot of people don't even come to a full stop. We also see a lot of speeders on that section of road also.We have asked Cottage Grove police a couple of times to bring out there speed check trailer and they have, but it does not seem to help. I have never see anyone pulled over for speeding on N river rd.  Kind of surprised we don't have more problems in that area. Â
That's an awfully serious accident to happen in the back end of the Elks parking lot. Whether driving on River Road, or in the parking lot, way too fast.
@JCB I was thinking along the same lines. The car is in the back end of the parking lot, quite a distance from River Road. Just look on Google maps.
@JCBÂ it did not happen in the parking lot if you read it and think of the family that this efects