Car with teen driver, passengers crosses centerline, slamming into oncoming SUV; 7 injured
WAUNA MILL, Ore. -- A two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon on Highway 30 about one mile west of Wauna Mill injured seven people, Oregon State Police reported. All involved were using safety restraints or were in child safety seats.
At 3:40 p.m. a 1997 Buick LeSabre driven by Jacob N. Sullivan, 16, from Kelso, Wash., was westbound on Highway 30 near milepost 74 when, for an unknown reason, it traveled across the double solid center line into the left eastbound lane. The right front section of the Buick collided with the right front section of an eastbound 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche driven by Heather L. Gibson, 29, from Vancouver, Wash.
Sullivan and right front passenger Leigha R. Warner, 16, from Kelso, were transported to Columbia Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Warner was later transferred to Legacy Emanuel Hospital. Rear passenger David Bayer, 16, from Kelso, was transported to St. John Medical Center in Longview with non-life threatening injuries.
The Chevrolet Avalanche had four occupants from Vancouver transported to different hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. Gibson and her rear-seat positioned children, Toby Gibson, 4, and Brianna Gibson, 1 1/2, were transported to Columbia Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. Right front passenger Mary Millar, 83, was transported by LifeFlight to Oregon Health Sciences University.
Firefighters extricated passengers Warner and Millar.
OSP was assisted at the scene by Clatsop County Sheriff's Office, Knappa Fire Department, Medix Ambulance and ODOT. The highway was closed about two hours.
