INJURY TRAFFIC CRASH - HIGHWAY 26 NEAR BANKS
Posted: July 27th, 2010 9:53 AM
Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation into Monday evening's single vehicle crash on Highway 26 east of Banks that resulted in non-life threatening injuries to a Manning-area woman after she got distracted by her cat inside the vehicle and lost control.
According to OSP Senior Trooper Mark McDougal, on July 26, 2010 at approximately 7:55 p.m. a 1993 Ford Explorer driven by BRITTANY R. SPADY, age 21, from Manning, was westbound on Highway 26 near milepost 53 when she reportedly was distracted by her cat that had crawled onto the driver's side floorboard between the brake and gas pedals. SPADY lost control and traveled into the westbound side ditch, rolled and struck a tree.
SPADY was transported by LifeFlight to Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. According to OHSU she has been discharged.
With help of people who had stopped at the scene, the area was unsuccessfully searched for about 45 minutes to find the cat. No description of the cat is available for this release.
OSP was assisted at the scene by Washington County Sheriff's Office, Banks Fire Department, and ODOT. Highway 26 was closed at the scene for nearly 30 minutes.
No photographs available for this release.
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