TWO TAKEN TO HOSPITALS AFTER VEHICLE ROLLS

May 17, 2021 3:20 a.m.

Two people were taken to hospitals after a vehicle rolled on Friday night.

A report from Oregon State Police said at about 8:15 p.m. the driver of an SUV was southbound on Interstate Five one mile south of Myrtle Creek when the vehicle left the right-hand shoulder of the road, rolled at least once, and came to rest about 30 feet off the shoulder next to the freeway.

The report said an adult male passenger was transported by air ambulance to Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend in Springfield with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries. The driver, a female, was transported to CHI Mercy Medical Center with minor injuries.

Two dogs that were in the SUV at the time of the crash fled the scene and have not yet been located. The driver told a trooper that she was distracted prior to the crash due to looking at a cow in a field next to the freeway.