GP Woman and Her 2 Young Children Injured in Interstate 5 Crash on Smith Hill
A Grants Pass woman and her two young children were injured in a weekend crash on Interstate 5 in northern Josephine County.
The Oregon State Police and emergency personnel responded to the three-vehicle collision in the southbound lanes of I-5 near milepost 74 on Smith Hill on Saturday night.
Police said a Mitsubishi Eclipse driven by a 50-year-old Roseburg woman lost control while negotiating a left-hand curve and came to rest blocking the slow lane. A Toyota RAV4 driven by a 32-year-old woman did not see the Mitsubishi when it came around the curve, rapidly decelerated and swerved into the fast lane, which caused another RAV4 driven by a 24-year-old Grants Pass woman to crash into the back of the first vehicle.
According to OSP, the second RAV4 was carrying two children in rear-facing car seats. The children and their mother were transported by ambulance to Three Rivers Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. No one else was hurt.
All three vehicles sustained heavy damage and were towed to Grants Pass.
Following an investigation, the Roseburg motorist was cited for No Insurance.
Posted on 11/26/24 6:19AM by Sam Marsh
