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Emergency crews pulled an injured driver from her SUV Friday night in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 20 near Philomath, deputies said.

Around 8 p.m., 60-year-old James Jones of Waldport was heading east on the highway, towing a tractor in his Chevy pickup truck, when for some reason, he crossed the center line and slammed head-on into 52-year-old Janice Hancock in her Honda CRV, said the Benton County Sheriff’s Office.

Then, 60-year-old Maureen Lucas, who was driving behind Hancock, sideswiped Jones before all three vehicles came to rest.