2nd person dies in eastern Oregon van rollover
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon State Police say a second passenger has died from injuries after a van carrying 16 mostly college-age members of a Colorado church overturned on black ice early…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon State Police say a second passenger has died from injuries after a van carrying 16 mostly college-age members of a Colorado church overturned on black ice early Thursday in eastern Oregon.Police say most of the passengers were ejected when the van rolled several times on Interstate 84 near Baker City.Twenty-year-old Joshua John Pischura of Geneva, Ohio, died shortly after the crash, while 23-year-old Taune Nicole Winter Pepper of Deer Trail, Colo., died late Thursday.Pepper was one of six passengers flown to an Idaho hospital with life-threatening injuries. Others were transported to hospitals in La Grande and Baker City.The van was carrying members of the Rocky Mountain Masters Commission, a training program affiliated with the New Life Worship Center in Federal Heights, Colo. Center spokeswoman Christy Gimer says it was headed to a conference in Portland.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — At least one person was killed and 15 others were injured, some critically, when a van carrying mostly college-age members of a Colorado church overturned on black ice early Thursday in eastern Oregon.Most of the passengers were ejected when the van rolled several times before coming to a rest near the center median of Interstate 84 near Baker City, according to the Oregon State Police.Five were taken to a hospital in Boise, Idaho; three were taken to a hospital in La Grande, Ore.; and seven were treated and released from St. Elizabeth Health Services in Baker City, officials said.In addition, one male passenger died shortly after arrival at St. Elizabeth, said Lt. Gregg Hastings, state police spokesman.The nine women and seven men were members of the Rocky Mountain Masters Commission, a training program affiliated with the New Life Worship Center in Federal Heights, Colo., said Christy Gimer, center spokeswoman.Gimer said about a third of the people in the van were from the Denver area. Others were fr
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