DRIVER TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER ELKTON AREA CRASH

November 28, 2022 10:30 a.m. 

The driver was taken to a hospital after a single-vehicle wreck near Elkton on Sunday.

An Oregon State Police report said just after 4:15 p.m. a sedan was traveling west on Highway 38 between Elkton Transfer Road and Paradise Creek Road when the operator lost control of the vehicle. The sedan left the roadway, striking a tree before it tumbled down a steep embankment. The male driver was extricated by fire crews and was transported to PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend in Springfield. The vehicle was towed away.