Preliminary Information: Fatal Traffic Crash - Interstate 5 near Wolf Creek in Josephine County (Photo)

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION: FATAL TRAFFIC CRASH - INTERSTATE 5 NEAR WOLF CREEK IN JOSEPHINE COUNTY (PHOTO)


News Release from Oregon State Police
Posted on FlashAlert: October 17th, 2014 2:52 PM
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Oregon State Police (OSP) is investigating a single vehicle fatal traffic crash that occurred Friday afternoon off the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 near Wolf Creek. The victim's name and other details will be released later after confirmation of next of kin notification.

Preliminary information indicates on October 17, 2014 at approximately 1:27 p.m., OSP and local emergency responders received a report of a single vehicle crash off the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 near milepost 76. Upon arrival the crash was confirmed as a single fatality in which a sport utility vehicle with one occupant went off the southbound lanes through grass and crashed head-on into a tree near a residence.

OSP troopers from the Grants Pass work site are investigating the crash. A deputy medical examiner is enroute to help confirm the victim's identity. OSP is assisted at the scene by Rural Metro Fire.

Photograph - Oregon State Police

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