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Crews respond to fire on Reservoir Hill in Roseburg
ROSEBURG, Ore. — Around 2 p.m. Tuesday (July 2), Roseburg Fire Department personnel responded to a reported natural cover fire on Reservoir Hill. The caller reported seeing both smoke and flames on the hillside. Firefighters arrived on scene to find a natural cover fire that was determined to be...
ROSEBURG POLICE JAIL MAN FOR LITTERING INCIDENT
Roseburg Police jailed a man following a littering incident on Monday. An RPD report said at 12:50 p.m. officers witnessed 63-year-old Larry Linderman throw a beer can off of the Washington Street Bridge into the South Umpqua River. When officers attempted to take him into custody, Linderman allegedly tried to pull away and was subsequently taken to the ground. While escorting him to the patrol vehicle, Linderman reportedly kicked two patrol cars, causing damage to both of them.
ROSEBURG POLICE JAIL WOMAN AFTER DUII CRASH
Roseburg Police jailed a woman after a DUII crash on Monday. An RPD report said at 12:00 p.m. officers responded to a crash on the Washington Street Bridge in the 500 block of Southeast Washington Avenue. A sedan rear-ended an SUV, which struck a second SUV. The 58-year-old driver who caused the accident was transported to CHI Mercy Medical Center. Officers contacted the woman at the hospital. The woman said she fell asleep while driving because had just taken Methadone and it usually makes her drowsy.
DRIVER TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER SINGLE VEHICLE WRECK
A driver was taken to the hospital following a single vehicle wreck on Sunday. A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office report said just before 1:40 p.m. an 86-year-old man was driving eastbound on Old Melrose Road heading towards Roseburg when his pickup left the right side of the roadway and went into the ditch. The ditch is deep in that area and the vehicle traveled about one hundred feet before striking a driveway culvert.
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