Crash closes Hwy. 199 90 minutes, both ways
From our weekly issue dated August 27, 2008
Three vehicles were involved in an accident on Redwood Hwy. at Round Prairie Road on Friday, Aug. 22 that caused closure of the highway for more than 90 minutes, said Oregon State Police.
Seven people were reported injured in the crash, between Wonder and Wilderville, some 9 miles south of Grants Pass.
Grants Pass resident Jaime L. Smedley, 32, was cited by OSP on charges of careless driving. He was the driver of a vehicle that struck a stopped car and pushed it into another car.
Six of the injured were taken by ambulances from American Medical Response and Rogue River Fire Dept. to area hospitals. But Noah F. Jenkins, 18, passenger in one vehicle, was taken by Mercy Flights helicopter.
OSP said that Smedley’s passenger was Gayle Smedley, 26. Others reported injured were Zechariah G. Heck, 18, of Grants Pass, who was in a car stopped behind another, as it was making a turn; and his three passengers, Eric A. Stewart, 18; Jenkins, and Shawn M. Nance, 18; and the driver of the first vehicle that stopped. That driver was identified by OSP as Wilderville resident John M. Hamlin, 78.
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