WOODBURN, Ore. — Three people died and three others were injured after a head-on crash between a car and a bus on Highway 99E near Woodburn, Oregon State Police (OSP) reported. The crash happened at about 8:09 p.m. on Feb. 3 on Highway 99E near Northeast Boones Ferry Road.
OSP said 26-year-old Jordan Chandler of Salem was driving a Ford Fusion in the southbound lane and drove into the northbound lane, colliding with a Cherriots mini-bus driven by 51-year-old Rachel Bunting of Salem.
Chandler was pronounced dead at the scene and Bunting was taken to Salem Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
A passenger in the Ford, 21-year-old Brooke Fisher of Salem, was taken to Emmanuel Hospital in Portland. She died on Feb. 7.
Three passengers in the bus — 34-year-old Phillip Splawn, 30-year-old Chelsea Arredondo and 45-year-old German Gomez Paz, all of Woodburn — were taken to Salem Hospital.
OSP did not report the medical status of the four passengers.
