JUNCTION CITY, OR : One person suffered life-threatening injuries in a two-vehicle collision on Wednesday, June 28, 2017

One person suffered life-threatening injuries in a two-vehicle collision Wednesday morning on Highway 99S in Junction City, according to a news release from Junction City Police.

The crash was reported shortly after 11 a.m. in the 93000 block of the highway, and officer A.J. Christensen arrived to find a Subaru Outback on its roof, heavily damaged. Christensen gave first aid to the driver, who had “immediate life-threatening injuries,” according to police. Both the driver and a passenger in the Subaru were taken to a hospital. Police withheld their names and the name of the hospital.

The second vehicle was a BMW SUV, and it had front-end damage. The driver of that vehicle was not injured and cooperated with police, they said.

The southbound lanes of Highway 99 were closed for about 90 minutes while crash investigators from the Oregon State Police were on site. Junction City Rural Fire Department, Lane Fire Authority, and the Oregon Department of Transportation Incident Response Team helped Junction City Police.

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Two-vehicle crash Wednesday in Junction City injures driver