Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation after finding several pounds of marijuana at the scene of Friday morning’s injury traffic crash on Interstate 5 south of Eugene.

On May 30, 2014 at approximately 4:50 a.m., OSP troopers, local fire personnel and ODOT responded to a scene of an injury traffic crash involving a sport utility vehicle and commercial truck blocking the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 near milepost 190. Upon arrival they found a Jeep Cherokee on its top and marijuana spilled onto the roadway and inside the overturned Jeep.

An OSP trooper spotted the car, a 2010 Chevrolet Aveo four-door, southbound near milepost 235 and witnessed continued poor, erratic driving. The trooper tried to stop the car but the driver failed to yield, speeding up to near 90 mph for about two miles before slowing and yielding at approximately 4:37 p.m. near milepost 231

On March 27, 2014 at approximately 3:17 a.m., OSP, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, local fire and medical personnel, and ODOT were dispatched to a reported traffic crash involving a wrong way driver in the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 near milepost 24. Investigation indicated a silver 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan driven by SCOTT was driving northbound in the right hand southbound lane of Interstate 5 when it collided head-on with a southbound 2006 Honda Civic driven by KAREN LEE GREENSTEIN, age 58, from Ashland.

In 2012, the Tillamook Work Site sworn staff arrested 43 DUII drivers. In 2013, troopers reported 84 DUII arrests, a 95 percent increase. Two troopers assigned to this office, Trooper John King and Trooper Aaron Butcher, ranked 1st and 2nd for DUII arrests made by all law enforcement in Tillamook County.

Driver Cited Following Injury Crash – Highway 219 north of Woodburn According to the Oregon State […]