Crime & Safety
Two Women Reported Dead After I-5 Crash
Driver and passenger had called 911 to report crash on bridge but later found dead on riverbank below.
MYRTLE CREEK, OR — Oregon State Police say two women have died after apparently falling from a bridge on Interstate 5 following a single-vehicle crash. On Tuesday, OSP identified the two women as Amanda Fuller, 32, of Roseburg, and Stephanie Thomas, 29, of San Bernardino, California.
Police say emergency crews responded at about 2:30 a.m. Monday after the driver and her passenger called 911 to report the crash north of Myrtle Creek on a bridge crossing the South Umpqua River. Preliminary information revealed a 2002 Kia sport utility was traveling southbound on Interstate 5 when the driver lost control and crashed on the bridge crossing the South Umpqua River near milepost 112. Police say crews arrived and found a 2002 Kia sport utility vehicle but not the driver or passenger. Police say crews soon after located two women dead on the riverbank below. Troopers obtained a measurement of approximately 80 from the bridge deck to the river bank below.
Police are continuing to investigate.
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OSP was assisted by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Myrtle Creek Police, Myrtle Creek Fire, Dillard Fire, Tri-City Swift Water Rescue and the Oregon Department of Transportation. This is incident is not being investigated as a traffic crash fatality but a death investigation. More information will be released as it becomes available.
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