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Friday, April 4, 2014

A Tidewater woman died after her car fell down a steep embankment into the Alsea River Saturday evening.

Makala Osborn, 18, was driving a Ford Escort on East Canal Creek Road near Waldport when witnesses reported seeing her car careening down a 50-foot embankment.

“The vehicle was reportedly seen upside down in the river before fully submerging in the water,” said Sgt. Adam Shanks of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.