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Another driver reported in an emergency call to police that
the woman was driving recklessly on Interstate 105 and hit a
median before crashing near an exit in Eugene on Thursday, about
110 miles south of Portland, according to the Eugene Police
Department.
The 39-year-old woman then, still on fire, got out of her car
and jumped off the interstate highway bridge, despite nearby
witnesses' attempt to intervene, police said.
The Eugene Register Guard, a local newspaper, reported she also
began stripping off her burning clothes before she fell some 40
feet (12 meters), though police would not confirm that.
The woman did not have life-threatening injuries, but no further
information about her condition or location was available,
police said, adding they believed she was trying to end her
life.
A 40-year-old woman, who happened to be in the park below the
interstate, was struck by cascading debris from the woman's
crash but was not seriously injured and was released from an
area hospital after an evaluation, police said.
(Reporting by Shelby Sebens in Portland, Oregon; Editing by Eric
M. Johnson and Sandra Maler)
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