Time: Around 8:30 A.M.
Location: Near Newport, Oregon
Vehicle(s) Involved: Land Rover Discovery, Honda Pilot
Oregon State Police are continuing to investigate an early Saturday morning head-on crash on U.S. 20 that sent two people to the hospital with serious injuries.
Samantha Ferris, 16, of Newport, was driving west on U.S. 20 near milepost 2 when, for an unknown reason, her blue Land Rover side-swiped a white passenger car and smashed head-on into a silver Honda Pilot with three occupants, according to Lt. Gregg Hastings, spokesman for the state agency.
Ferris suffered minor injuries and was taken to Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport. She was later released and cited on charges of a DUII, reckless driving and three counts of assault in the second degree.
Two men in the Honda were seriously injured and taken by air ambulance to a trauma center at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis. They were identified as driver Robert Kraft, 46, and passenger Shannon Monroe, 42, both from Toledo.
A third passenger in the Honda, Michael Barker, 29, of Toledo, had non-life-threatening injuries and was released from the hospital after treatment.
The side-swiped car was at the scene, and Newport police got in touch with the driver. He drove away, however, before Oregon State Police could get any more information. Oregon State Police is asking him to call dispatch at 800-452-7888.
All occupants were wearing seat belts. The highway was closed about four and a half hours."
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