MOLLALA, Ore. (AP) — A badly injured woman was able to escape from a car that plunged into Oregon’s Molalla River and walk to get help after the accident that killed the car’s driver.
Clackamas County sheriff’s deputies say 23-year-old Amanda Marie Sowa, of Molalla, scaled a steep, 15-foot river embankment after the early Saturday accident, then walked a half mile to residence to summon help. She suffered a bad head injury and was taken by helicopter to a Portland hospital.
Police and fire crews found the Jeep Wrangler upside-down in 3 feet of water with the adult male driver dead inside. His name is being withheld until relatives can be notified.
Deputies say the car apparently failed to negotiate a curve and struck a post before careering over the embankment.
