EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Police arrested a 19-year-old man following a head-on collision that seriously injured a Eugene woman.
Recruit Trooper Mike Pelkey said a car driven by Jacob Curtis crossed the center line on Highway 126E near Vida.
Curtis was lodged in the Lane County Jail following Sunday’s crash on charges of assault, drunken driving, reckless driving and recklessly endangering another person.
Police identified the other driver as 63-year-old Candace Lee Chitty of Eugene. She has been hospitalized at Sacred Heart Medical Center.