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Three People Sent to Hospital after Collision between Vehicles near Merlin

Three people were sent to the hospital after a collision between three vehicles in the Merlin area late yesterday.

Rural Metro Fire Department, American Medical Response and the Josephine County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the multi-vehicle crash on Merlin Road near Holbrook Way on Tuesday at 5:09 p.m..

Rural Metro officials said three occupants of the vehicles were transported to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. One driver needed to be extricated from their vehicle by firefighters.

Emergency first responders thanked evening commuters for stopping to give rescue crews a safe work area to process the scene.

The Sheriff's Office was investigating the cause of the crash.
Posted on 11/20/24 6:47AM by Sam Marsh