GP Police Respond to Head-On Collision, Arrested Suspect on Drug and Endangering Charges
Grants Pass Police were alerted to a head-on collision Thursday evening.
After responding to the scene in the 300 block of NE 9th Street, officers broke up a physical altercation between the suspect and victim.
Officers contacted the suspect, and learned he was traveling west on D Street near the intersection of 9th Street when he crossed over the center line, crashing head-on into the victim vehicle.
He had numerous signs of impairment and, after field sobriety testing, admitted to cannabis and fentanyl use. A search of the suspect vehicle revealed a backpack with presumptive positive drugs and paraphernalia inside.
Officers lodged the suspect in the Josephine County Jail for DUII, two counts of Reckless Endangering, and Possession of Fentanyl.
Posted on 10/3/25 11:39AM by Alex Bauer
