Mother and son Sandra Bishop, 69, and Michael Bunten, 26, dead; 5-year-old girl injured after motorhome crashes into parked tractor trailer on Interstate 5 near Harrisburg, Oregon
I-5 crash north of Eugene leaves 2 dead(link is external)
Oregon State Police Senior Trooper Eli Chambers saw the crash and heard the screams of the child. He was able to break the side windows of the RV and pull the girl from the burning wreckage. She was taken to a Springfield hospital with possible fractures.
The girl's grandmother and father were killed in the crash. Their names have not been released.
Update: Mother and son are dead after I-5 crash near Harrisburg; trooper rescues girl, 5, who is taken to RiverBend(link is external)
The girl was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield with possible fractures, he said. She was listed in stable condition, he said.
The body of the female driver, who was born in 1947, would be pulled from the wreckage later.
The male passenger was the girl’s father, and the female driver was her grandmother, Gilbert said. The man was stationed with the Air Force near Omaha, Neb., and the woman lived in the Albany area, he said.
2 die as motorhome hits parked tractor-trailer(link is external)
The trooper and two Good Samaritans were able to break the side windows of the RV and pull the girl from the burning wreckage. She was taken to a Springfield hospital with possible fractures.
The girl’s grandmother, 69-year-old Sandra Bishop, was driving the RV. She and the girl’s father, 26-year-old Michael Bunten, were both killed.
OSP trooper rescues girl, 5, from burning motor home after fatal crash(link is external)
The trooper yelled into the wreckage and heard a small girl crying for help, Fugate said. He used a fire extinguisher to knock down the flames, and with the help of two witnesses to ran to the scene, broke through the side of the burning motor home to rescue the girl.
Medics took the girl to a Springfield hospital. She suffered serious injuries in the crash, Fugate said.
Girl, 5, rescued from fatal, fiery I-5 crash(link is external)
Oregon State Police are reaching out to the public for help finding the two good Samaritans, who left the scene before they were identified. Anyone with information is asked to contact (541) 726-2536.
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