Violent Crash Sends One to Hospital with Severe Burns

Rural Metro Fire, Grants Pass Department of Public Safety and American Medical Response-Josephine County responded to a single vehicle crash in the 5000 block of Hugo Road.

An Engine from Grants Pass arrived on scene and found the vehicle off the roadway and into trees, having sheered-off a power pole.

The driver escaped with 3rd degree burns after the vehicle burst into flames and was transported Code 3 to Asante Three Rivers Hospital.

(courtesy Rural Metro Fire)

Powerlines were damaged, and power was out in the local area. The cause of the crash is being investigated by Josephine County Sheriff’s Office.