EUGENE, Ore. — A 74-year-old Springfield woman was killed Saturday afternoon in a fiery rollover crash on Interstate 5 near Eugene, according to Oregon State Police.
OSP said troopers responded at about 3:31 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, to a single-vehicle fatal crash on I-5 near milepost 190.5 in Lane County.
The preliminary investigation found that a green Toyota RAV4 driven by Carol Jean King was traveling southbound toward the McVay Highway off-ramp “at a high rate of speed” when it failed to navigate the curve of the off-ramp. Police said the vehicle left the roadway, rolled over and went through a thicket of trees before catching fire…