Cave Junction, Oregon- A 22-year-old woman was killed Sunday evening in a single-vehicle crash on Rockydale Road near Idlewild Drive in Cave Junction, authorities said.
Emergency crews were dispatched to the scene at 8:18 p.m. on May 18 after a 9-1-1 call reported a crash. Illinois Valley Fire and AMR personnel arrived to find a vehicle in a roadside ditch with its driver ejected.
The driver, identified as Myrtle Grace Thogmartin, was pronounced dead at the scene. She was the only occupant of the vehicle.
According to Sgt. Stanton of the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office, the preliminary investigation indicates the vehicle was traveling toward U.S. Highway 199 when it veered off the road for unknown reasons and struck a power pole with enough force to shear it in half.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Thogmartin’s next of kin has been notified.
Source: Josephine County Sheriff’s Office
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